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5 <title>polypaudio: Daemon
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12 <h2>Command Line Arguments
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14 The
<tt>polypaudio
</tt> daemon accepts several command line arguments:
17 -h, --help Show this help
18 --version Show version
19 --dump-conf Dump default configuration
20 --dump-modules Dump list of available modules
22 -D, --daemonize[=BOOL] Daemonize after startup
23 --fail[=BOOL] Quit when startup fails
24 --verbose[=BOOL] Be slightly more verbose
25 --high-priority[=BOOL] Try to set high process priority (only available as root)
26 --disallow-module-loading[=BOOL] Disallow module loading after startup
27 --exit-idle-time=SECS Terminate the daemon when idle and this time passed
28 --module-idle-time=SECS Unload autoloaded modules when idle and this time passed
29 --scache-idle-time=SECS Unload autoloaded samples when idle and this time passed
30 --log-target={auto,syslog,stderr} Specify the log target
31 -p, --dl-search-path=PATH Set the search path for dynamic shared objects (plugins)
32 --resample-method=[METHOD] Use the specified resampling method
34 -L,
--load=
"MODULE ARGUMENTS" Load the specified plugin module with the specified argument
35 -F, --file=FILENAME Run the specified script
36 -C Open a command line on the running TTY after startup (identical to -Lmodule-cli)
38 -n Don't load default script file
43 <p>It is a good idea to run the daemon like this:
</p>
45 <pre>polypaudio -D
</pre>
47 <p>This will run
<tt>/etc/polypaudio/default.pa
</tt> after startup. This should be a script written in the CLI language described in
<a href=
"cli.html">cli.html
</a>.
</p>
51 <p>The following signals are trapped specially:
</p>
55 <p>The daemon is shut down cleanly.
</p>
59 <p>The daemon tries to load the module
<a href=
"modules.html#module-cli"><tt>module-cli
</tt></a>, effectively providing a command line interface on the calling TTY.
</p>
63 <p>The daemon tries to load the module
<a href=
"modules.html#module-cli-protocol-unix"><tt>module-cli-protocol-unix
</tt></a>, effectively providing a command line interface on a special UNIX domain socket.
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67 <p>The daemon logs the current server layout.
</p>
70 <address class=
"grey">Lennart Poettering
<@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@
>, September
2004</address>
71 <div class=
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