slimserver(8)

NAME

slimserver.pl -- Streaming Audio Server

SYNOPSIS

slimserver.pl [--help]  [--audiodir  dir]   [--playlistdir
dir]   [--cachedir  dir]   [--daemon]   [--diag]  [--logfile dir]
[--stdio]   [--user  userid]   [--group   groupid]    [--httpport
portnumber           [--httpaddr  listenip]         ]  [--cliport
portnumber          [--cliaddr listenip>]        ]   [--prefsfile
prefsfilepath]  [--pidfile pidfilepath>]  [--quiet]  [--playeraddr  listenip]   [--priority  priority]   [--streamaddr  listenip]
[--scanonly]  [--noscan]  [--nosetup]  [--noserver]  [--perfmon]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the slimserver.pl com

mand.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution

because the original program does not have a manual page. In

stead, it has documentation inline.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax,

with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of

options is included below. For a complete description, see the

slimserver.pl --help output.

--help
Show this usage information.

--audiodir
The path to a directory of your MP3 files.

--playlistdir
The path to a directory of your playlist files.

--cachedir
Directory for SlimServer to save cached music

and web data.

--diag
Use diagnostics, shows more verbose errors.

Also slows down library processing considerably.

--logfile
Specify a file for error logging.

--daemon
Run the server in the background.

This may only work on Unix-like systems.

--stdio
Use standard in and out as a command line inter

face to the server.

--user
Specify the user that server should run as.

Only usable if server is started as root. This

may only work on Unix-like systems.

--group
Specify the group that server should run as.

Only usable if server is started as root. This

may only work on Unix-like systems.

--httpport
Activate the web interface on the specified

port.

Set to 0 in order disable the web server.

--httpaddr
Activate the web interface on the specified IP

address.

--cliport
Activate the command line interface TCP/IP in

terface on the specified port. Set to 0 in order disable the com

mand line interface server.

--cliaddr
Activate the command line interface TCP/IP in

terface on the specified IP address.

--prefsfile
Specify where the preferences file should be

stored.

--pidfile
Specify where a process ID file should be

stored.

--quiet
Minimize the amount of text output.

--playeraddr
Specify the _server's_ IP address to use to con

nect to SLIMP3 players.

--priority
Set process priority from -20 (high) to 20 (low)

no effect on non-Unix platforms.

--streamaddr
Specify the _server's_ IP address to use to con

nect to streaming audio sources.

--scanonly
Only run the library scanner, then exit.

--noscan
Don't scan the music library.

--nosetup
Disable setup via http.

--noserver
Disable web access server settings, but leave

player settings accessible. Settings changes arenot preserved.

--perfmon
Enable internal server performance monitoring.

CONFIGURATION

You can change startup parameters by editing /etc/de

fault/slimserver.

SEE ALSO

Readme files in /usr/share/doc/slimserver.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Simon Kelley (si

mon@thekelleys.org.uk) for the Debian system (but may be used by

others). It is based one one written for an earlier version of

slimserver by Bruno Rodrigues. Permission is granted to copy,

distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU

Free Documentation License, Version 1.1 or any later version pub

lished by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sec

tions, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover Texts.

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