NAME
saytime - audio time check
SYNOPSIS
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 <[email protected]>
Charles Briscoe-Smith <[email protected]>
David C Dawson <[email protected]> (the -v and -r options)