jdarge / timer

A simple console application that allows the user to set a timer.

Timer

Demo video:

Files required to make this application

1. ao library
2. mpg123 library

# pacman -Sy libao mpg123 --needed

Debian installation:

# apt-get install libao-dev libmpg123-dev

Fedora installation:

# dnf install libao-devel mpg123-devel

How to install timer application:

$ chmod +x install.sh
# ./install.sh

How to uninstall:

$ chmod +x uninstall.sh
# ./uninstall.sh

How to generate the binary file, for those who wish to avoid installation:

$ chmod +x run.sh
$ ./run.sh
$ ./build/bin/timer --help
Line 31 of driver.c dictates where the audio comes from. If you do not wish to install this application, please change this string value to a more appropriate path.

General flags for the application:

    --help      Displays the help screen.\n"
-s, --second    Input second(s) before alarm rings.
-m, --minute    Input minute(s) before alarm rings.
-h, --hour      Input hour(s) before alarm rings.
-f, --format    For more specific timers.
                Format: hhmmss
                Example: -f 031530
                         will run for 03 hours, 15 minutes, 30 seconds

Usage notes:

Once the alarm starts to go off, you can press any key to kill it; subsequently killing the program all together.

Further notes:

This has only been tested for Linux based operating systems.
This is still under development but it does function as intended, as far as I know.

TODO: allow user to specify mp3 file for alarm noise