xine-remote
a small tool to connect xine remote control server.
see also :
xine
Synopsis
xine-remote
[options]
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description
This manual
page documents briefly the xine-remote tool.
xine-remote
can replace a raw telnet connection to a xine remote
control server. It use the readline facilities
(completion, vi/emacs shortcuts, command history, etc...).
By default, it try to connect the localhost, using the
default port (see xine(1)).
options
The program
follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long ioptions
starting with two dashes (`-´). A summary of
options are included below.
-H, --host <hostname>
Try to connect
<hostname>.
-P, --port <port>
Try to connect the host using
<port>.
-c, --command <command>
Send <command> to
server then quit. The command should be single quoted if it
contain spaces or special characters.
-n, --noconnect
Do not initiate the connection
on startup.
-v, --version
Display version.
-h, --help
Display options summary.
commands
Few commands are available, which are used to open or close a
connection:
?
Display available commands (the xine-remote ones + server ones
when connection is established).
help <command>
Display the purpose of <command>, if that is
omitted, display available commands.
syntax <command>
Display the usage of <command>.
version
Display version.
open <server[:port]>
Open connection to server. A port can be optionally
specified, using colon (:) separator.
close
Close connection.
quit
Leaving xine-remote.
see also
xine .
author
This manual
page was written by Daniel Caujolle-Bert
<f1rmb[:at:]users.sourceforge[:dot:]net> for the xine
project.