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List:       kde
Subject:    Re: [kde] Clock
From:       Charles Bacon <crtb () cape ! com>
Date:       2008-02-19 22:12:20
Message-ID: 20080219170336.T3672 () tomato ! local
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Sorry, I thought Linux + FreeBSD were close enough.
In FreeBSD you ask crontab to do your script any minute of the
day, week, or year etc.  Your script might have to ask the audio
network database management control subsystem to submit a half-second
MP3 file every half hour :-}
 	Chuck Bacon

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008, walt kautz wrote:

> hey charles I dont know how 2 make it chime.do you
> know how 2 run linux & windows on the same machine?
> --- Charles Bacon <crtb@cape.com> wrote:
>
>> Here's my solution: crontab, a tiny shell script,
>> and a suitable .au
>> file for /dev/au.
>>   	Chuck Bacon -- crtb@cape.com
>>   		ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY
>>
>> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, sean wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know if the clock can be made to chime
>> on the hour, 1/2
>>> hour, or some optional setting?
>>>
>>> 				Thanks
>>> 				Sean
>>>
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>> Here's my solution: crontab, a tiny shell script,
>> and a suitable .au
>> file for /dev/au.
>>   	Chuck Bacon -- crtb@cape.com
>>   		ABHOR SECRECY -- DEFEND PRIVACY
>>
>> ----- Add to your .crontab if you have one,
>> otherwise invent your own -----
>> # Sample crontab entry fires off the cuckoo clock
>> once per hour, exc. at night.
>> 0 8-22 * * * "/home/crtb/music/sounds/cuckoo.clock"
>>
>> ----- copy this along with cuckoo.au into your own
>> bin directory -----
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # Play the cuckoo clock for the most recent hour
>> hr=`date "+%l"`;
>> while [ $hr -gt 0 ] ; do
>>     cat ~/bin/cuckoo.au > /dev/audio
>>     hr=`expr $hr - 1`
>> done>
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