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wmSun(1)

wmSun1

Dockable windowmaker sunrise/sunset app

Usage

wmSun [-h] [-display <Display>] [-lat <Latitude>] [-lon <Longitude>] [-td <TimeDiff>] [-date <yyyymmdd>]

Overview

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.

-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.

-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).

History

  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze): the text shown here
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny) to Debian 3.0 (Woody)

Bugs

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

Author

Michael G. Henderson <[email protected]>

From wmsun 1.03+1-2 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.