NAME

       cdtool2cddb - convert .cdtooldb file to set of CDDB files

SYNOPSIS

       cdtool2cddb [-rvx] [-d dir] [-l len] [input...]

DESCRIPTION

       cdtool2cddb  converts  one  or  more .cdtooldb files to CDDB-format files suitable for using with many CD
       player applications.  The output is a set of files, each named for the 32-bit hexadecimal CDDB ID  number
       of a given audio CD.  These files are placed in the current directory unless -d is specified.

OPTIONS

       -d directory
              Specify  the  output directory.  This is where the 8-digit output filenames go.  There will be one
              file for each CD definition in your .cdtooldb file(s).

       -l length
              Specify the maximum line length for the output file.  Comment lines may be  any  length,  but  the
              CDDB  format  specifies that data lines must wrap at 76 characters.  Thus, this is the default for
              cdtool2cddb, but you may change it if you wish.

       -r     At least one CD player application (groovycd) requires lines of its CDDB files to end with  CR-LF,
              because  they  come  over  the  network  that way.  The -r option tells cdtool2cddb to output such
              lines; otherwise lines will end with LF only.

       -v     Increment the verbosity level.

       -x     Use an alternate identification string in the output file.  If you wish to upload a CDDB file to a
              CDDB  server  via e-mail, the server will probably check the ID string in the file to make sure it
              is from a "trusted" CD player application.  cdtool is not trusted, but xmcd is, so the  -x  option
              pretends we are xmcd.

FILES

       ~/.cdtooldb
              A typical cdtooldb input file

       /var/lib/cddb/misc, ~/.groovycd
              Typical output directories (see -d).

SEE ALSO

       cdir(1), cdown(1), cdadd(1)

AUTHOR

       Peter Samuelson <peter@cadcamlab.org>