NAME

       moosicd - the server for the Moosic jukebox system.

SYNOPSIS

       moosicd --help|-h|--version|-v

       moosicd [--history-size|-s size] [--config|-c directory] [--quiet|-q|--debug|-d] [-S|--stdout] [-t|--tcp
       port] [-T|--tcp-also port] [-l|--local-only]

DESCRIPTION

       moosicd is the server for the Moosic jukebox system. It sits around, waiting to respond to commands given
       by a Moosic client (such as moosic(1)). It also maintains a queue of items to be played, and if this
       queue is not empty, it pops off the first item from the head of the queue and executes a user-
       configurable command on that item. When this command terminates, moosicd goes on to the next item in its
       queue, assuming that the queue is not empty.

       moosicd is not meant to be used as a system-wide daemon that serves all users on a system.  Rather, every
       user that wishes to use Moosic should start a separate instance of moosicd, and one user cannot
       communicate with the Moosic server of another user without taking special measures (i.e. using the -c or
       -t options to moosic).

OPTIONS

       moosicd is designed so that you normally don't need to use any of these options.

       -h, --help
           Prints help text and exits.

       -v, --version
           Prints version information and exits.

       -s size, --history-size size
           moosicd  remembers the file names of previous songs that it played. This option sets the maximum size
           of this history list. The default value is 50.

       -f, --foreground
           By default, moosicd detaches itself from the current terminal and puts itself in the background (i.e.
           it becomes a daemon).  This option disables such behavior.

       -S, --stdout
           By default, moosicd logs almost all of its printed output to a file. When this option  is  used,  the
           output  is instead printed to the standard output device. This also prevents the program from putting
           itself in the background and detaching from the current terminal.

       -q, --quiet
           This option suppresses almost all printed output from moosicd. Note that, by default, moosicd  prints
           this output to a file, not the standard output device.

       -d, --debug
           This  option  causes moosicd to print lots and lots of messages about what it's doing. These messages
           are usually quite superfluous and bothersome. Note that unless the -S option is used  these  messages
           will appear in the log file instead of the standard output device.

       -c directory, --config directory
           Specifies  the  directory  where  moosicd  should  keep  the  various files that it uses. The default
           directory is ~/.moosic/. This option is useful only in extraordinary circumstances. If this option is
           used, any Moosic clients that wish to communicate with moosicd must be  told  to  use  the  specified
           directory instead of the default.

       -t port, --tcp port
           This  option directs the server to listen to the given TCP port number for client requests instead of
           using the normal communication  method.   Use  of  this  option  without  the  -l  option  is  highly
           discouraged  unless  you know what you are doing because there is no guarantee that moosicd is secure
           against malicious input from a remote location.  Note that an instance of moosicd  which  is  started
           with  this  option  will  not  accept  requests  from a client that is using the normal communication
           method.

       -T port, --tcp-also port
           This option directs the server to listen to the given TCP port number for client requests in addition
           to using the normal communication method.  Use of  this  option  without  the  -l  option  is  highly
           discouraged  unless  you know what you are doing because there is no guarantee that moosicd is secure
           against malicious input from a remote location.

       -l, --local-only
           This directs the server to only listen for TCP connections that originate from  the  local  computer,
           refusing connections from remote hosts.  This only has an effect when --tcp or --tcp-also is used.

CONFIGURATION

       moosicd figures out how to play items in its queue by consulting its configuration file, which associates
       string patterns (in the form of Perl-compatible regular expressions) with commands.

       The  format  of  this file is as follows: Every pair of lines forms a unit. The first line in a pair is a
       regular expression that will be matched against items in the queue. The second line  in  a  pair  is  the
       command that will be used to play any items that match the regular expression. The name of the item to be
       played  will  be  appended  to  the  end  of  this  command,  unless  the command line includes a special
       substitution string.

       The simplest kind of substitution string is "$item".  Every occurrence of "$item" in the command will  be
       replaced with the name of the song to be played.  The other kind of substitution is called "matched group
       substitution", and is used to refer to specific parts of the name of the song to be played.

       The command will not be interpreted by a shell, so don't bother trying to use shell variables or globbing
       or I/O redirection, and be mindful of how you use quotes and parentheses.  If you need any of these fancy
       features,  wrap  up  the  command in a real shell script (and remember to use an "exec" statement in your
       shell script to invoke the program that does the actual song playing, otherwise Moosic won't be  able  to
       do things like stop or pause the song).

       Blank lines and lines starting with a '#' character are ignored. Regular expressions specified earlier in
       this file take precedence over those specified later.

FILES

       moosicd  makes  use  of  several  files,  all  of  which  are found in the .moosic/ directory in the home
       directory of the user who invoked the program (unless the -c or --config option is used).

       config
           This is the configuration file that moosicd uses to  associate  file-types  to  player  commands,  as
           explained above.

       server_log
           moosicd  logs  short  notices of its activities to this file unless the -S option is used. It usually
           contains nothing more than a history of what songs have been played.

       player_log
           This file contains the output of the player commands which are spawned by moosicd.

       socket
           This is a socket file which is (normally) used to allow Moosic clients to contact the Moosic  server.
           If moosicd isn't shut down properly, this file will need to be removed by hand. You should leave this
           file alone under other circumstances.

SEE ALSO

       moosic(1), the standard command-line Moosic client.

       The  chapter  entitled  "Regular  Expression Syntax" http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/re-syntax.html
       <http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/re-syntax.html> from the section dealing with the re module in the
       Python Library Reference, for details on the syntax of a regular expression.

AUTHOR

       Daniel Pearson <daniel@nanoo.org>

Moosic 1.5.6                                       2004-04-02                                         MOOSICD(1)