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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition
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Linux in a Nutshell, Fifth Edition

by Ellen Siever, Aaron Weber, Stephen Figgins, Robert Love, Arnold Robbins
July 2005
Intermediate to advanced
944 pages
158h 24m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 3: Linux Commands
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esd-config
esd-config [options]
Determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used when
compiling applications that need to use EsounD.
Options
--cflags
Display the compiler flags that should be used.
--exec-prefix=[directory]
Determine compiler and linker flags using the specified execu-
tion prefix, instead of the one EsounD provides. This option
must come before the --libs and --cflags options.
--libs
Display linker flags used to link applications to EsounD.
--prefix=[directory]
Determine compiler and linker flags using the specified instal-
lation prefix instead of the one EsounD provides. This option
must come before the --libs and --cflags options.
--version
Display the version of esd.
esdcat
esdcat [options] < file
Send audio data from the specified file (usually a pipe) to a sound
device using the Enlightened Sound Daemon.
Options
-s servername
Hostname of the server where esd is running. The default is
localhost.
-b Output eight-bit sound.
-m Output monophonic sound.
-r rate
Specify the sample rate of the output.
esdctl
esdctl [options] command
Control program for the Enlightened Sound Daemon.
Options
-s servername:port
Hostname of the server where esd is running (default is local-
host). Port number is optional.
Commands
lock
Allow only local clients to access ...
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