Echoing characters into "ctl" and "isplaying" does not control the client.

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Console-based pandora.com player

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Echoing characters into "ctl" and "isplaying" does not control the client. #604

Closed ijustlovemath closed 7 years ago

ijustlovemath commented 7 years ago

Trying to use control-pianobar.sh, which as far as I can tell is working as expected. But when it issues commands to these files, pianobar does not respond. The script is quite old, so it may just be that you don't do things this way anymore. If not, is there a new, recommended way to control the client via an external script?

Edit: I should probably mention that I get this error when I start up pianobar:

/!\ File at /home/user/.config/pianobar/ctl is not a fifo

ijustlovemath commented 7 years ago

Solved, just had to delete the "fifo" that got created, run a pkill pianobar to make sure the fifo was made properly, and execute control-pianobar.sh p to get a fresh start and a proper fifo.