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<span class="refentrytitle">cs</span>
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<p>cs —
Starts Csound with a set of options that can be controlled
by environment variables, and input and output files
determined by the specified filename stem.
<a id="IndexCs" class="indexterm"></a>
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<div class="refsect1" title="Description">
<a id="idp81973840"></a>
<h2>Description</h2>
<p>
Starts Csound with a set of options that can be controlled
by environment variables, and input and output files
determined by the specified filename stem.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1" title="Syntax">
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
<pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>cs</strong></span> [-OPTIONS] <name> [CSOUND OPTIONS ... ]</pre>
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<div class="refsect1" title="Initialization">
<a id="idp82009728"></a>
<h2>Initialization</h2>
<p>
Flags:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
-
<span class="emphasis"><em>OPTIONS</em></span>
= OPTIONS is a sequence of alphabetic characters
that can be used for selecting the Csound
executable to be run, as well as the command
line flags (see below). There is a default for
the option 'r' (selects real-time output), but
it can be overridden.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
<span class="emphasis"><em><name></em></span>
= this is the filename stem for selecting input
files; it may contain a path. Files that have
.csd, .orc, or .sco extension are searched, and
either a CSD or an orc/sco pair that matches
<name> the best are selected. MIDI files
with a .mid extension are also searched, and if
one that matches <name> at least as close
as the CSD or orc/sco pair, it is used with the
-F flag.
</p>
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<th align="left">NOTE</th>
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<p>
The MIDI file is not used if any -M or
-F flag is specified by the user - new
in version 4.24.0) Unless there is any
option (-n or -o) related to audio
output, an output file name with the
appropriate extension is automatically
generated (based on the name of selected
input files and format options). The
output file is always written to the
current directory.
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<th align="left">NOTE</th>
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<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<p>
file name extensions are not case
sensitive.
</p>
</td>
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<p>
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
<span class="emphasis"><em>[CSOUND OPTIONS ... ]</em></span>
= any number of additional options for Csound
that are simply copied to the final command line
to be executed.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p>
</p>
<p>
The command line that is executed is generated from four
parts:
</p>
<div class="orderedlist">
<ol class="orderedlist" type="1">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
Csound executable (possibly with options). This
is exactly one of the following (the last one
has the highest precedence):
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
a built-in default
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
the value of the CSOUND environment
variable
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
environment variables with a name in
the format of CSOUND_x where x is an
uppercase letter selected by
characters of the -OPTIONS string.
Thus, if the -dcba option is used,
and the environment variables
CSOUND_B and CSOUND_C are defined,
the value of CSOUND_B will take
effect.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p>
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
Any number of option lists, added in the
following order:
</p>
<div class="itemizedlist">
<ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc">
<li class="listitem">
<p>
either some built-in defaults, or
the value of the CSFLAGS environment
variable if it is defined.
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
environment variables with a name in
the format of CSFLAGS_x where x is
an uppercase letter selected by
characters of the -OPTIONS string.
Thus, if the -dcba option is used,
and the environment variables
CSFLAGS_A and CSFLAGS_C are defined
as '-M 1 -o dac' and '-m231 -H0',
respectively, the string '-m231 -H0
-M 1 -o dac' will be added.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<p>
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
The explicit options of [CSOUND OPTIONS ... ].
</p>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<p>
Any options and file names generated from
<name>.
</p>
</li>
</ol>
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<p>
</p>
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<th align="left">NOTE</th>
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<p>
Quoted options that contain spaces are allowed.
</p>
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<p>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1" title="Examples">
<a id="idp82023096"></a>
<h2>Examples</h2>
<p>
Assuming the following environment variables:
</p>
<pre class="screen">
CSOUND = csoundfltk.exe -W
CSOUND_D = csound64.exe -J
CSOUND_R = csoundfltk.exe -h
CSFLAGS = -d -m135 -H1 -s
CSFLAGS_D = -f
CSFLAGS_R = -m0 -H0 -o dac1 -M "MIDI Yoke NT: 1" -b 200 -B 6000</pre>
<p>
And a directory that contains:
</p>
<pre class="screen">
foo.orc piano.csd
foo.sco piano.mid
im.csd piano2.mid
ImproSculpt2_share.csd foobar.csd</pre>
<p>
The following commands will execute as shown:
</p>
<pre class="screen">
cs foo => csoundfltk.exe -W -d -m135 -H1 -s -o foo.wav \
foo.orc foo.sco
cs foob => csoundfltk.exe -W -d -m135 -H1 -s \
-o foobar.wav foobar.csd
cs -r imp -i adc => csoundfltk.exe -h -d -m135 -H1 -s -m0 -H0 \
-o dac1 -M "MIDI Yoke NT: 1" \
-b 200 -B 6000 -i adc \
ImproSculpt2_share.csd
cs -d im => csound64.exe -J -d -m135 -H1 -s -f -o im.sf \
im.csd
cs piano => csoundfltk.exe -W -d -m135 -H1 -s \
-F piano.mid -o piano.wav \
piano.csd
cs piano2 => csoundfltk.exe -W -d -m135 -H1 -s \
-F piano2.mid -o piano2.wav \
piano.csd</pre>
<p>
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<div class="refsect1" title="Credits">
<a id="idp82025912"></a>
<h2>Credits</h2>
<p>Author: Istvan Varga</p>
<p>Jan 2003</p>
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