.TH "canberra\-gtk\-play" "1" "2010\-08\-01" .SH "NAME" canberra\-gtk\-play \- play a sound event .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP .B canberra\-gtk\-play .RI "[ " OPTIONS... " ]" .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This manual page documents briefly the \fBcanberra\-gtk\-play\fR command. .PP .B canberra\-gtk\-play plays sound events that are specified by the XDG Sound Theme and Name Specification. .SH "OPTIONS" .SS "Application Options" .TP .BR \-v , " \-\-version" Display version number and quit .TP .BR \-i , " \-\-id=" \fISTRING\fR Event sound identifier .TP .BR \-f , " \-\-file=" \fIPATH\fR Play file .TP .BR \-d , " \-\-description=" \fISTRING\fR Event sound description .TP .BR \-c , " \-\-cache\-control=" "{ \fIpermanent\fR|\fIvolatile\fR|\fInever\fR }" Specify how \fBcanberra\-gtk\-play\fR manages its cache. \fIpermanent\fR will cause the sample to be cached permanently, \fIvolatile\fR to be cached until the cache needs to be freed. .TP .BR \-l , " \-\-loop=" \fIINTEGER\fR Loop how many times (default: 1) .TP .BR \-V , " \-\-volume=" \fISTRING\fR A floating point dB value for the sample volume (ex: 0.0) .TP .BI \-\-property= STRING An arbitrary property .TP .BI \-\-display= DISPLAY X display to use .SS "Help Options" .TP .BR \-h , " \-\-help" Show help options .TP .BR \-\-help\-all Show all help options .TP .BR \-\-help\-gtk Show GTK+ Options .SS "GTK+ Options" .TP .BI \-\-class= CLASS Program class as used by the window manager .TP .BI \-\-name= NAME Program name as used by the window manager .TP .BI \-\-screen= SCREEN X screen to use .TP .BR \-\-sync Make X calls synchronous .TP .BI \-\-gtk\-module= MODULES Load additional GTK+ modules .TP .BR \-\-g\-fatal\-warnings Make all warnings fatal .SH "AUTHORS" .PP \fBcanberra\-gtk\-play\fR is Copyright 2008 Lennart Poettering. .PP This manual page was written by Francois Wendling for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).