.TH mpdcron 1 "December 23, 2009" "manual" .SH NAME .PP mpdcron - cron like daemon for mpd .SH SYNOPSIS .PP mpdcron [\f[I]option\f[]] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP mpdcron is a cron like daemon for mpd. It connects to mpd, waits for idle events. It has two interfaces: .IP \[bu] 2 Hooks which are executed after setting environment variables which hooks can use to get more information about the event without having to connect to mpd. .IP \[bu] 2 Modules, which are dynamically loaded and have direct access to mpd connection and the file descriptor of mpdcron's configuration file. .PP By default it will get the host name and port for mpd from \f[B]MPD_HOST\f[] and \f[B]MPD_PORT\f[] environment variables. \f[B]MPD_PASSWORD\f[] environment variable can be set to make mpdcron connect to a password-protected mpd. If these environment variables aren't set, mpdcron connects to localhost on port 6600. .SH OPTIONS .TP .B -?, --help Show help options and exit. .RS .RE .TP .B -V, --version Print version information and exit. .RS .RE .TP .B -k, --kill Instead of launching the daemon, attempt to kill the already running daemon. .RS .RE .TP .B -n, --no-daemon Don't detach from console. This option can be used for debugging. .RS .RE .SH FILES .IP \[bu] 2 \f[B]~/.mpdcron/mpdcron.conf\f[] User configuration file .SH SEE ALSO .IP \[bu] 2 \f[B]mpd\f[](1) .IP \[bu] 2 .SH REPORTING BUGS .PP If you find a bug, please report it at .SH COPYRIGHT .PP Copyright (c) 2009 Ali Polatel .PD 0 .P .PD Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). .SH AUTHOR Ali Polatel