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| SAYTIME(1) | General Commands Manual | SAYTIME(1) |
NAME¶
saytime - audio time checkSYNOPSIS¶
saytime [ -ch ] [ -d dir ] [ -f fmt ] [ -o dev ] [ -t output-type ]DESCRIPTION¶
saytime speaks the current time through the computer's sound device.OPTIONS¶
- -v factor
- Increase volume level by factor. Directly passed on to sox.
- -r sec
- Repeat at the specified interval in background mode.
- -c
- Output to stdout.
- -d dir
- Use sounds from alternate directory (default /usr/share/saytime).
- -f fmt
- Specify format of time message. (see FORMAT STRING below).
- -h
- Display simple help.
- -o dev
- Output to alternate file. If -t is not specified with -o, -t defaults to ossdsp.
- -t output-type
- Specify the output type (oss, alsa, etc.); this is passed directly to sox. If neither -t nor -o is specified, saytime will pick a default destination via sox -d.
FORMAT STRING¶
A format string can be specified to control the time message. Valid format characters are:- %k
- hour, 24-hour clock (00..23)
- %l
- hour, 12-hour clock (01..12)
- %M
- minutes
- %P
- Introductory phrase ('The time is')
- %S
- seconds
- The default format string is %P%l%M%S.
BUGS¶
Likely a few. It doesn't handle errors gracefully.CONTRIBUTORS¶
Jef Poskanzer (original author),Patrick J. Edwards <pje120@mail.usask.ca>
Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
David C Dawson <beagle7@pacificcoast.net> (the -v and -r options)
| 14 Sep 2004 |