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WMSUN(1) General Commands Manual WMSUN(1)

NAME

WMSUN - Dockable WindowMaker SunRise/SunSet App

SYNOPSIS

wmsun [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

wmSun displays the current day's Sun Rise and Set Times. You must enter your Latitude and Longitude correctly for it to work.

OPTIONS

-h
Display list of command-line options.
-display <display>
Use an alternate X Display.
-geometry <geometry>
Set window geometry.
-lat <Latitude>
Set latitude of observer.
-lon <Longitude>
Set longitude of observer.
-td <UT - LT>
Set the difference beteeen UT and LT. Useful when you want to show the Sunrise/Sunset at a remote lat/lon without resetting your clock.
-12
Use 12-hour clock.
-date <yyyymmdd>
Set the date to show sunrise/sunset for.

EXAMPLES

wmsun -lon 106.3 -lat 35.9
this would display rise/set times at Los Alamos in local time.
wmsun -lat 19.58 -lon 155.92 -td 10
this would display rise/set times in Kona, Hawaii in local time (in winter -- you need to take into account daylight savings at other times of the year).

BUGS

Who knows? (Let me know if you find any).

AUTHOR

Michael G. Henderson <mghenderson@lanl.gov>
5 January 1999