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XINE-REMOTE(1)		     General Commands Manual		  XINE-REMOTE(1)

NAME
     xine-remote - a small tool to connect xine remote control server.

SYNOPSIS
     xine-remote [options]

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page documents briefly the xine-remote tool.

     xine-remote  can  replace	a raw telnet connection to a xine remote control
     server. It use the readline  facilities  (completion,  vi/emacs  shortcuts,
     command history, etc...).	By default, it try to connect the localhost, us-
     ing the default port (see xine(1)).

OPTIONS
     The  program  follow  the usual GNU command line syntax, with long ioptions
     starting with two dashes (`-').  A summary of options are included below.

     -H, --host <hostname>
	    Try to connect <hostname>.

     -P, --port <port>
	    Try to connect the host using <port>.

     -c, --command <command>
	    Send <command> to server then quit.  The command  should  be  single
	    quoted if it contain spaces or special characters.

     -n, --noconnect
	    Do not initiate the connection on startup.

     -v, --version
	    Display version.

     -h, --help
	    Display options summary.

COMMANDS
     Few commands are available, which are used to open or close a connection:

     ?	    Display  available commands (the xine-remote ones + server ones when
	    connection is established).

     help <command>
	    Display the purpose of <command>, if that is omitted, display avail-
	    able commands.

     syntax <command>
	    Display the usage of <command>.

     version
	    Display version.

     open <server[:port]>
	    Open connection to server. A port can be optionally specified, using
	    colon (:) separator.

     close  Close connection.

     quit   Leaving xine-remote.

SEE ALSO
     xine(1).

AUTHOR
     This manual page was written by Daniel  Caujolle-Bert  <f1rmb@users.source-
     forge.net> for the xine project.

The xine project		   2002-04-16			  XINE-REMOTE(1)

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