Clock

[walt kautz]

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 at cape.com> wrote:

> Here's my solution: crontab, a tiny shell script,
> and a suitable .au
> file for /dev/au.
>   	Chuck Bacon -- crtb at cape.com
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> 
> 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 at 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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