saytime - audio time check
saytime [ -ch ] [ -d dir ] [
-f fmt ] [ -o dev ] [ -t
output-type ]
saytime speaks the current time through the computer's
sound device.
- -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.
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.
Likely a few. It doesn't handle errors gracefully.
Jef Poskanzer (original author),
Patrick J. Edwards <pje120@mail.usask.ca>
Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
David C Dawson <beagle7@pacificcoast.net> (the -v and
-r options)