105 lines
2.1 KiB
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105 lines
2.1 KiB
Groff
.\" bsend man page
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.\"
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.\" Project Blinkenlights 2004
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.\"
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.Dd February 24, 2004
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.Dt BSEND 1
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm bsend
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.Nd send Blinkenlights movies using the Blinkenlights Protocol
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl options
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.Op Ar filename
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is designed to read Blinkenlights movies in various file formats and
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to send them to one or more hosts using the UDP-based Blinkenlights protocol. The
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receiver could be Matrix Control Unit, the blinkensim Blinkenlights Simulator
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or any other device or program compatible with the Blinkenlights Protocol.
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.Pp
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.Nm
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automatically detects the file type by looking at the incoming data.
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.Pp
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If
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.Ar filename
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is omitted, the data is read via standard input. The output is sent to
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standard output unless an output file is given via the command line.
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.Sh OPTIONS
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The following options are recognized by b2b.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width "--concatenate" -compact
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.It Fl h Xo
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.Ar hostname : Ns Op port
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.Xc
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.It Fl -host Xo
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.Ar hostname : Ns Op port
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.Xc
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Send movie to
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.Ar hostname
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at to port
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.Ar port
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If
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.Ar port
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is not specified, use the port number by the
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.Fl -port
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option. If no
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.Fl -host
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option is given, use localhost (127.0.0.1). If multiple
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.Fl -host
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options are given, send the data stream to all hosts at the same time.
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.Pp
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.It Fl p Ar port
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.It Fl -port Ar port
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Use
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.Ar port
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as the default port for all hosts given with the
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.Fl -host
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option. If no
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.Fl -port
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option is given and no ports are specified with a
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.Fl -host
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option, then use the default port value (2323).
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.Pp
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.It Fl s Ar percentage
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.It Fl -speed Ar percentage
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Changes the playback speed of the file. For example, a value of 50 slows down
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playback to 50% speed.
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.Pp
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.It Fl r
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.It Fl -reverse
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Reverse playback of the file.
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.Pp
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.It Fl l
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.It Fl -loop
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Loop the movie playback forever.
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.Pp
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.It Fl L Ar number
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.It Fl -loops Ar number
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Loop the movie playback
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.Ar number
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times.
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.Pp
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.It Fl v
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.It Fl -verbose
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Be more verbose.
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.Pp
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.It Fl ?
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.It Fl -help
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Display help
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.Pp
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.It Fl V
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.It Fl -version
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Display version number and quit immediately.
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.El
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.Sh AUTHOR
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.An Sven Neumann Aq sven@gimp.org
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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Project Blinkenlights Home Page http://www.blinkenlights.de/
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.Pp
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.Xr b2b 1 ,
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.Xr blib 3
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.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
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.Ex -std
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