On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, Douglas Bates wrote: > Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 12:51:49 -0600 (CST) > From: Douglas Bates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org > Subject: a count-down timer? > Resent-Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 18:40:40 +0000 > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; > > This may be a leading candidate in the "dumbest question ever asked on > debian-user" contest but does anyone know of a program in some package > that provides a count-down timer? That is, I want to set a time of 5 > minutes and start the timer then have it pop up a window or ring the > bell or do something to alert me when the five minutes is up. There > are many programs such as rclock that can alert me at a specific time > on a specific day but I want to be able to say "five minutes from now" > without a lot of hassle. > > Emacs-based solutions are welcome as are more elegant versions of > sleep 5m; echo "^G" >
check "at" command. It has own debian packae i believe regards OK -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .