I have implemented the start of an artsshell utility. It currently
supports suspending the sound server and displaying status information:
% artsshell -h
usage: artsshell [options] <command> [command-options]
Options:
-q - suppress all output
-h - display command usage
Commands:
suspend - suspend sound server
status - display sound server status information
% artsshell status
server status: running, will suspend in 58 s
real-time status: real-time
minimum stream buffer time: 92.8798 ms
server buffer time: 92.8798 ms
% artsshell suspend
sound server suspended