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Chapter 3. Running EsounD

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esd
esdctl
esdcat, esdmon, esdrec
esdsample, esdloop
Environment Variables

esd

The Enlightened Sound Daemon esd [options] options: -port port - accept connections on given port (default=5001) -nobeeps - inhibits the default startup tone sequence -vt - output diagnostic trace (debugging) information to stdout -vc - output communication level diagnostic information to stdout, if compiled with -DESDBG, used to check protocol handling.

In addition, "kill -HUP esd-pid resets ownership of the daemon. The file, ˜/.esd-auth, is used for authentication, and is created if needed.


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