• From: Dallas, TX
  • Registered: 2007-10-30
  • Posts: 85

Re: Yet another good-night script

Thanks for posting this.  I never could get the original to work consistantly, but your version works well so far.

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  • Registered: 2008-12-01
  • Posts: 4

Re: Yet another good-night script

Sorry for what is likely a straight-forward question (I'm new to this whole situation), can someone tell me what the Crontabs entry would be to have the script listen from 10:00pm through to Midnight?  This time frame covers my usual sleep schedule, but I'm unclear about what the entry should be.

Thanks in advance for the help...

  • From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2008-10-20
  • Posts: 30

Re: Yet another good-night script

Have you tried www.google.com ?

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  • Registered: 2008-12-01
  • Posts: 4

Re: Yet another good-night script

Yes, I've tried google... and I understand the format of the cron job entry for the most part. 

Currently my entry is:

*/10 22-23 * * * /psp/scripts/goodnight_chumby

I'm just unclear if an entry with time set to 22-23 is inclusive of the 10:00pm through to 11:59pm, or if the time span is from 10:00 to 11:00 (I would like my 'listening' window for the script to be a bit longer than an hour is that's the case).

  • From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2008-10-20
  • Posts: 30

Re: Yet another good-night script

I'm not a cron expert but I would suppose 10-11 is the same as 22-23 as that is how the rest of the world would look at it. wink

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  • Registered: 2008-12-01
  • Posts: 4

Re: Yet another good-night script

I'm probably farther from a Cron expert than you (something I'm sure you've gathered by now)... can you confirm what effect the * in the first column (minutes) would have on the end time of the script?  Would it stop listening at 11:00pm (23), or 11:59pm (* 23)?? 

Can you confirm that my entry will allow me to turn my music on between 10:00pm and Midnight on any given day and wake up to it being shut off.

57 Reply by Krazz (edited by Krazz 2008-12-01 13:11:53)

  • From: Sweden
  • Registered: 2008-10-20
  • Posts: 30

Re: Yet another good-night script

Well, if you want it to work between 10.00pm and 12.00am then why not set it to 22-00 (since 00 is the same as 12am). Or if you want to be certain the script works on laaaate nights (or early mornings) I guess you could put 22-04 covering some of the time in the morning as well. Or if you are like me and like to listen to music in the morning, set it to 22-07 perhaps.

This is where I found my information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

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  • Registered: 2008-12-01
  • Posts: 4

Re: Yet another good-night script

Cool, thanks for the link.  I'll give your suggestion a try and maybe run a couple more tests to see exactly how things are functioning based on my cron entry.

Thanks again.