mpdcron(1)

📦 version 0.3+git20161228, in debian bookworm, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu jammy

💖 mpdcron — like cron but make it mpd 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because this is the mpdcron(1) page from the General Commands Manual and it is so much cooler than it sounds. it's a whole daemon. she's iconic. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

mpdcron — cron like daemon for mpd 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mpdcron [option]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one optional [option] and she's off 💅

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so mpdcron is a cron like daemon for mpd. she connects to mpd, and then she just… waits. patiently. for idle events. main character energy honestly 🫶

and she's got two interfaces, which, yes, two whole personalities:

  • Hooks — these get executed after setting environment variables, so hooks can pull all the deets about the event without having to go connect to mpd themselves. lowkey thoughtful of her tbh ✨
  • Modules — these are dynamically loaded and have direct access to the mpd connection plus the file descriptor of mpdcron's configuration file. yeah. full access. no cap 💀

by default she'll grab the host name and port for mpd from the MPD_HOST and MPD_PORT environment variables. and if you need to get into a password-protected mpd, just set the MPD_PASSWORD environment variable and you're in, bestie 🔐

but — and hear me out — if those environment variables aren't set at all? she connects to localhost on port 6600. simple. classic. the default we know and love 🌈

💅 OPTIONS 💅

  • -?, --help — shows you the help options and then exits. like a good friend who actually tells you what's going on 😌
  • -V, --version — prints version information and exits. flex the build, queen 👑
  • -k, --kill — instead of launching the daemon, she will attempt to kill the already running daemon. not me being the one to end it 💀
  • -n, --no-daemon — don't detach from console. this one is for debugging, so if you're trying to figure out what's going on, she stays right there with you 🫶

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • ~/.mpdcron/mpdcron.conf — the User configuration file 🍓

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

iykyk, go read those too 💖

🙈 REPORTING BUGS 🙈

if you find a bug (and bestie, it happens, it's not a big deal), please report it at <http://github.com/alip/mpdcron/issues> — the devs wanna know fr fr 🐛

Copyright (c) 2009 Ali Polatel <alip@exherbo.org>

free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). so like, go wild, but respectfully ✨

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

Ali Polatel <alip@exherbo.org> — the actual legend behind all this 🫡

and that's the whole page, bestie! stay idle, stay iconic, and don't forget to check your env vars 🌸

this was the manual page, dated December 23, 2009 — yes, she's a vintage queen and she still ate 💅💖

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