gno/usr.bin/alarm/alarm.1
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alarm (1)
NAME
alarm - alarm clock reminder
SYNOPSIS
alarm [+]#### [<delay> ["<message>"]]
DESCRIPTION
alarm is a reminder program. Typically it is executed in the
background. The program sleeps until the alarm time, and so
uses very little CPU.
The first argument defines the time, or time delay, for the
alarm to ring. It must consist of an optional leading plus
sign followed by four decimal digits. If the plus sign is
present the alarm will ring in 'hhmm' hours. If the plus sign
is absent, the alarm will ring at time 'hhmm' in 24-hour
format. The alarm rings five times, each time delivering a
beep, with beeps two seconds apart. The second argument, if
present, changes the time between beeps. The third argument,
if present, is echoed to stdout after each beep as a reminder
message.
EXAMPLES
alarm +0080 5 "Your TV show is on in five minutes" &
rings the bell every five seconds and delivers the
message eighty minutes after the current time.
alarm 1955
rings the bell every two seconds at 7:55 PM
FILES
none
AUTHOR
Christopher Neufeld (neufeld@physics.utoronto.ca)