On Tue, 2022-04-05 at 20:18 +0000, olivares33561 via users wrote: > How can I convert a crontab > # > [olivares@fedora Downloads]$ crontab -l > # min hour day-of-month month day-of-week command > # 0-59 0-23 1-31 1-12 0-6 0=sun 1=mon > #50 04 * * 1-5 ~/.xalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > #50 04 * * 0,6 ~/.salarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > #59 09 * * 0,6 ~/.salarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > #00 07 * * 1-5 ~/.xalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 42 08 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 52 09 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 40 10 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 28 11 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 16 12 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 57 12 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 40 14 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 28 15 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > 17 16 * * 1-5 ~/.dalarm >/dev/null 2>&1 > #30 16 * * 1-5 ~/.lalarm > /dev/null 2>&1 > 25 16 * * 1-5 /usr/sbin/poweroff >/dev/null 2>&1 > > # > to systemd timers? An easy idiot proof way. The .dalarm script > calls mplayer and plays from a playlist. Tangentially, can you get mplayer to make sounds when it's not *you* that runs it? i.e. A system user rather than a real user. > > I have read https://opensource.com/article/20/7/systemd-timers > and https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-systemd-timers-as-cron-replacement/ > > but have not tried it out. Any help on this is appreciated. You could look at this, too: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd/Timers Archlinux docs often get good recommendations NB: I've only just looked at this just now, I've only ever done the odd crontab thing a few times. Each time I have to work it out. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.59.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Feb 23 16:47:03 UTC 2022 x86_64 Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
