saytime1
Audio time check
Usage
saytime [-ch]
[-d
dir]
[-f
fmt]
[-o
dev]
[-t
output-type]
Overview
saytime speaks the current time through the computer's sound device.
Options
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Increase volume level by factor. Directly passed on to sox. |
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Repeat at the specified interval in background mode. |
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-c -
Output to stdout.
|
Use sounds from alternate directory (default /usr/share/saytime). |
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Specify format of time message. (see FORMAT STRING below). |
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-h -
Display simple help.
-odev-
Output to alternate file. If -t is not specified with -o, -t defaults to ossdsp.
-toutput-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.
Contributors
Jef Poskanzer (original author),
Patrick J. Edwards <[email protected]>
Charles Briscoe-Smith <[email protected]>
David C Dawson <[email protected]> (the -v and -r options)
Releases
15 releases since Debian 1.3 (Bo); the text changed 5 times.
-c since Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-h since Debian 3.0 (Woody).
-d until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-f until Debian 3.0 (Woody);
-o until Debian 3.0 (Woody).