WaitX

Name

WaitX

Synopsis

D=DATE/K,T=TIME/K,YR=YEARS/K/N,MN=MONTHS/K/N,DY=DAYS/K/N,H=HOURS/K/N,
M=MINS/K/N,S=SECS/K/N,L=LOOP/K/N,A=ALWAYS/S,V=VERBOSE/S,HELP/S,CMDLINE/F

Location

C:

Function

WaitX will wait for a given amount of time and then it
will execute the given command.

Inputs

D=DATE     -- Waits until DATE has been reached
T=TIME     -- Waits until TIME has been reached
YR=YEARS   -- How many years to wait
MN=MONTHS  -- How many months to wait
DY=DAYS    -- How many days to wait
H=HOURS    -- How many hours to wait
M=MINS     -- How many minutes to wait
S=SECS     -- How many seconds to wait
L=LOOP     -- How many times to execute CMDLINE
A=ALWAYS   -- Execute CMDLINE every set interval/time/date
V=VERBOSE  -- Print extra info on what waitx is doing

Example

$ waitx TIME=12:34:12 echo "this is an example"
waitx waits until 12:34:12 is reached and will execute echo

$ waitx H=5 M=36 echo "this is an example"
waitx will wait 5 hours and 36 minutes and execute echo

$ waitx HOURS=2 MINS=12 SECS=59
waitx will wait 2 hours, 12 minutes and 59 seconds and then
returns to the prompt

$ waitx DY=1 L=5 echo "this is an example"
waitx will wait 1 day and execute echo,
then repeat this a total of 5 times

$ waitx M=15 ALWAYS echo "this is an example"
waitx will execute echo every 15 minutes

$ waitx D=12/9 T=16 L=0 echo "this is an example"
waitx will wait until September 12th 16:00 and execute echo,
and repeat forever

$ waitx echo "this is an example"
waitx will execute echo immediatly

Notes

Based on Public Domain WaitX:
    http://aminet.net/package/util/cli/waitx
    Programming: Sigbjørn Skjæret <cisc@c2i.net>
    Idea & Docs: Nicholas Stallard <snowy@netphile.de>

Bugs

Will not return  to prompt while waiting. This is intended.