canberra-gtk-play(1) General Commands Manual canberra-gtk-play(1)
NAME
canberra-gtk-play - play a sound event
SYNOPSIS
canberra-gtk-play [ OPTIONS... ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the canberra-gtk-play command.
canberra-gtk-play plays sound events that are specified by the XDG
Sound Theme and Name Specification.
OPTIONS
Application Options
-v, --version
Display version number and quit
-i, --id=STRING
Event sound identifier
-f, --file=PATH
Play file
-d, --description=STRING
Event sound description
-c, --cache-control={ permanent|volatile|never }
Specify how canberra-gtk-play manages its cache. permanent will
cause the sample to be cached permanently, volatile to be cached
until the cache needs to be freed.
-l, --loop=INTEGER
Loop how many times (default: 1)
-V, --volume=STRING
A floating point dB value for the sample volume (ex: 0.0)
--property=STRING
An arbitrary property
--display=DISPLAY
X display to use
Help Options
-h, --help
Show help options
--help-all
Show all help options
--help-gtk
Show GTK+ Options
GTK+ Options
--class=CLASS
Program class as used by the window manager
--name=NAME
Program name as used by the window manager
--screen=SCREEN
X screen to use
--sync Make X calls synchronous
--gtk-module=MODULES
Load additional GTK+ modules
--g-fatal-warnings
Make all warnings fatal
AUTHORS
canberra-gtk-play is Copyright 2008 Lennart Poettering.
This manual page was written by Francois Wendling <frwendling@free.fr>
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
2010-08-01 canberra-gtk-play(1)
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