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Inxsible

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Registered: 2008-06-09

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starting cplay in a directory without starting playback

I would like to start cplay in a particular directory, but for some reason it starts playing the songs in that directory by default. Is there any way to load it up in a particular directory without it starting playback?

Currently, I start cplay using this command

cplay -rR /home/inxs/downloads/

The man page for cplay is surprisingly sparse

Last edited by Inxsible (2009-04-17 05:33:15)

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Nezmer

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Re: starting cplay in a directory without starting playback

'cd' to a directory and start 'cplay' without parameters/arguments ?

Last edited by Nezmer (2009-04-17 15:37:59)

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Inxsible

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From: Chicago

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Re: starting cplay in a directory without starting playback

'cd' to a directory and start 'cplay' without parameters/arguments ?

Yes that is obvious, isn't it?

But I am actually starting cplay within screen in my screenrc. I believe that cplay is no longer being developed/maintained. Its website is also no longer available. I am currently looking at moc/mocp as a replacement.

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fuscia

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Registered: 2008-04-21

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Re: starting cplay in a directory without starting playback

make 'cplay' an alias for cd desired/directory ; cplay.