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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>