.\" Man page for cda
.\"
.\".TH cda 1 "March 11, 2001"
.TH cda 1 "August 30, 2002"
.SH NAME
cda \- a command-line CD player

.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBcda\fP [ \fIcommand\fP | \fItrack\fP ]

.SH DESCRIPTION
.B cda
controls CD-ROM drives to play audio CDs.  It is designed to get you playing
music with a minimum of effort.

.SH COMMANDS
.TP
.B d, dir
Lists the CD directory.
.TP
.B e, eject
Opens the CD tray.
.TP
.B c, close
Closes the CD tray.
.TP
.B h, help
Shows list of commands.
.TP
.B i, info
Shows minimal information on current CD.
.TP
.B p, pause
Pause playback.
.TP
.B s, stop
Stop playback.
.TP
.B v, version
Display
.B cda
version information.
.TP
.B f, forward
Play the next track on the CD.
.TP
.B b, backward
Play the previous track on the CD.
.TP
.B r, random
Play a random track on the CD.
.TP
.B B, background
Run in the background and play random tracks.

.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B CDAUDIO
If
.B CDAUDIO
is set, its value will be used as the CDROM device name.  The default is
"/dev/cdrom".

.SH TIP
Running
.I cda
without any command-line arguments will begin playing from the first track.