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ireminder: Prayer time reminder

NAME

ireminder - Prayer time reminder

SYNOPSIS

ireminder [-ipraytime path] [-skip event_name] [-reminder minutes] [-inplace] [-execr cmd] [-execs cmd] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

The ireminder script is written in perl and is meant to be a simplistic wrapper to call and process the 'ipraytime' application. ireminder is used to remind the user via audio indicators of an impending Islamic prayer event.

OPTIONS

Some of the options within ireminder allow for list inputs, those are meant to be a quoted series of text/numbers.

-ipraytime path

Specify the path to the ipraytime executable. Unless this options is specified, the script will default to look for the binary in /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin and the current directory.

-skip event_name

Specify name of prayer/event to skip, valid options include "imsaak fajr shorooq zuhr asr maghrib isha" (list ok).

-reminder minutes

Specify prior to how many minutes to remind (list ok).

-inplace

Specify to print output in-place (without scrolling).

-execr cmd

Specify an external application trigger for reminders. The %m directive is recognized and is substituted with the normal output message or string. The %s directive is recognized and is substituted by the salat's name.

-execs cmd

Specify an external application trigger for when the salat reaches its appointed time (ie. "salat now"). The %m directive is recognized and is substituted with the normal output message or string. The %s directive is recognized and is substituted by the salat's name.

-help

Produce a help screen.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs on the web using http://bugs.arabeyes.org

AUTHOR

Written by Nadim Shaikli as part of the Arabeyes.org project.

COPYRIGHT

iremidner is subject to the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Copyright © 2006, Arabeyes, Nadim Shaikli.