Starting cplay in a directory without starting playback

I would like to start cplay in a particular directory, but for some reason it starts playing the songs in that directory by default. Is there any way to load it up in a particular directory without it starting playback?
Currently, I start cplay using this command
cplay -rR /home/inxs/downloads/
The man page for cplay is surprisingly sparse
Last edited by Inxsible (2009-04-17 05:33:15)

Nezmer wrote:'cd' to a directory and start 'cplay' without parameters/arguments ?
Yes that is obvious, isn't it?
But I am actually starting cplay within screen in my screenrc. I believe that cplay is no longer being developed/maintained. Its website is also no longer available. I am currently looking at moc/mocp as a replacement.

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