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<refentry id="esdplay-1">
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<refmeta><refentrytitle>esdplay</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class="date">8 Jan 2003</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>
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<indexterm><primary>esdplay</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>play
a sound file</primary></indexterm><refnamediv id="esdplay-1-name"><refname>esdplay</refname>
<refpurpose>play a sound file</refpurpose></refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv id="esdplay-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>
<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command><arg choice="opt"><option>h</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>-help</option></arg>
<arg choice="opt"><option>s <replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>
port</replaceable></option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>v</option></arg><arg choice="opt"><option>-version</option></arg>
<arg choice="plain"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>filename</replaceable></option></arg>
</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>
<para>The <command>&cmd;</command> application plays a sound file using the
Enlightened Sound Daemon (esd).  The input data is read from the specified <filename><replaceable>
filename</replaceable></filename>.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>
<para>The following options are supported:</para>
<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><option>h</option>, <option>-help</option></term>
<listitem><para>Display help text, and exit.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>s <replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>
port</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Contact the <filename>esd
</filename> server on <replaceable>hostname</replaceable> at <replaceable>
port</replaceable>. You can also specify this option as follows: </para>
<para><option>-server=<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>port
</replaceable></option></para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>v</option>, <option>-version</option></term><listitem><para>Display version
information, and exit.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-oper"><title>&oper-tt;</title>
<para>The following operands are supported:</para>
<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>
filename</replaceable></option></term><listitem><para>Specify the <replaceable>
filename</replaceable> from which the input data should be read.</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>
<example role="example"><title>Playing sound file "beep"</title>
<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; beep</userinput></screen></para>
</example>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>
<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>
<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow"><varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term>
<listitem><para>Application exited successfully</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application
exited with failure</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>
<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>
<variablelist termlength="medium"><varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename> 
</term><listitem><para>Executable for Enlightened Sound Daemon sound player.
</para>
</listitem></varlistentry>
</variablelist></refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>
<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>
<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>
for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>
<informaltable frame="all">
<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">
<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">
<thead>
<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"
valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/gnome-audio
</para></entry></row>
<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry
colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>
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<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdcat</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdmon</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdrec</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdsample</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esdctl</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>esd-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>libesd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="esdplay-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>
<para>Written by Brian Cameron, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003, 2006.</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
