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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} playaudio (@var{name}, @var{ext})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {} playaudio (@var{x})
## Plays the audio file @file{@var{name}.@var{ext}} or the audio data
## stored in the vector @var{x}.
## @end deftypefn
## @seealso{lin2mu, mu2lin, loadaudio, saveaudio, setaudio, and record}

## Author: AW <Andreas.Weingessel@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Created: 11 April 1994
## Adapted-By: jwe

function playaudio (name, ext)

  usage_msg = "playaudio (name, ext)  or  playaudio (X)";

  if (nargin == 1 && isvector (name) && ! isstr (name))
    ## play a vector
    [nr, nc] = size (name);
    if (nc != 1)
      if (nr == 1)
        name = name';
        nr = nc;
      else
        error ("playaudio: X must be a vector");
      endif
    endif
    X = name + 127;
    unwind_protect
      file = tmpnam ();
      num = fopen (file, "wb");
      c = fwrite (num, X, "uchar");
      fclose (num);
      system (sprintf ("cat %s > /dev/dsp", file));
    unwind_protect_cleanup
      unlink (file);
    end_unwind_protect
  elseif (nargin >= 1 && isstr (name))
    ## play a file
    if (nargin == 1)
      name = [name, ".lin"];
    elseif (nargin == 2)
      name = [name, ".", ext];
    else
      usage (usage_msg);
    endif
    if (strcmp (ext, "lin") || strcmp (ext, "raw"))
      system (sprintf ("cat %s > /dev/dsp", name));
    elseif (strcmp (ext, "mu") || strcmp (ext, "au")
	    || strcmp (ext, "snd") || strcmp (ext, "ul"))
      system (sprintf ("cat %s > /dev/audio", name));
    else
      error ("playaudio does not support given extension");
    endif
  else
    usage (usage_msg);
  endif

endfunction
