audioc: Switch to blocking file descriptors.

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@@ -253,27 +253,27 @@ debugging info. Almost all paraslash executables have a brief online
 help which is displayed by using the -h switch. The --detailed-help
 option prints the full help text.
 
 help which is displayed by using the -h switch. The --detailed-help
 option prints the full help text.
 

-para_fsck tries to fix your database. Use --force (even if your name
-isn't Luke) to clean up after a crash. However, first make sure
-para_server isn't running before executing para_fsck if para_fsck
-complains about busy (dirty) tables. para_fsck also contains an option
-to dump the contents of the database to the file system.
+If para_server crashed or was killed by SIGKILL (signal 9), it
+may refuse to start again because of "dirty osl tables". In this
+case you'll have to run the oslfsck program of libosl to fix your
+database. It might be necessary to use --force (even if your name
+isn't Luke). However, make sure para_server isn't running before
+executing oslfsck --force.

 
 If you don't mind to recreate your database you can start
 from scratch by removing the entire database directory, i.e.
 
 
 If you don't mind to recreate your database you can start
 from scratch by removing the entire database directory, i.e.
 

-       rm -rf ~/.paraslash/afs_database
+       rm -rf ~/.paraslash/afs_database-0.4

 
 

-Note that this removes all tables, in particular attribute definitions
-and data, and all playlist and mood definitions.
+Be aware that this removes all attribute definitions, all playlists
+and all mood definitions.

 
 

-para_fsck operates on the osl-layer, i.e. it fixes inconsistencies
-in the database but doesn't know about the contents of the tables
-contained therein. Use
+Although oslfsck fixes inconsistencies in database tables it doesn't
+care about the table contents. To check for invalid table contents, use

 
        para_client check
 
 
        para_client check
 

-to print out bad entries, e.g.missing audio files or invalid mood
-definitions.
+This prints out references to missing audio files as well as invalid
+playlists and mood definitions.

 
 Still having problems? mailto: Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
 
 Still having problems? mailto: Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>