-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
-PLAYER=true
+PLAYER=
-if [ -x "`which aplay`" ]; then
+if type -a aplay &>/dev/null; then
PLAYER=aplay
-elif [ -x "`which play`" ]; then
+elif type -a afplay &>/dev/null; then
+ #afplay is shipped with OS X Leopard
+ PLAYER=afplay
+elif type -a play &>/dev/null; then
PLAYER=play
-elif [ -x "`which mplayer`" ]; then
+elif type -a mplayer &>/dev/null; then
PLAYER="mplayer -nogui -nocache"
fi
-exec ${PLAYER} "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
+if [ "x${PLAYER}" = "x" ]; then
+ echo "Can't find audio player!"
+ echo "Please make sure you have aplay, play or mplayer in your path."
+ if [ "`uname`" = "Darwin" ]; then
+ echo "A working play for OS X is available from:"
+ echo "http://www.hieper.nl/html/play.html"
+ fi
+else
+ exec ${PLAYER} "$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
+fi