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NAME
     ossinfo - Open Sound System information/status program

SYNOPSIS
     ossinfo [-Aaeghmpx] [-v #]

DESCRIPTION
     The ossinfo program displays OSS device information.

OPTIONS
     -v#    Verbose output. Number indicates level of verobisity (0-9).

     -p     Display only physical audio/midi devices

     -g     Display ALL audio/midi/mixer devices (physical and virtual)

     -a     Display audio device files

     -A     Display audio device files (for applications using O_EXCL)

     -e     Display all audio engines

     -m     Display only the MIDI devices

     -x     Display only the mixer devices

     -h     Display help.

FILES
     /usr/local/bin/ossinfo

SEE ALSO
     ossdevlinks(1), ossmix(1), ossxmix(1) The Getting information about devices
     section  of the OSS Programmer's Guide (device_discovery(2)) gives instruc-
     tions for getting device information in applications.

AUTHOR
     4Front Technologies

				 27 August 2026 		      ossinfo(1)

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