On 5 March 2018 at 23:17, Gerhard Zintel <gerhard.zintel@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Monday 05 March 2018, jonetsu wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Mar 2018 12:03:24 -0800 > > > > Kevin Cosgrove <kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I use a bash script. It's just a nested loop. One loop keeps track > > > of the time interval between breaks. The other loop pops up PDFs of > > > stretching routines to do during the breaks. > > > > I'd be a bit wary of resources. There's no direct access to time > > functions in bash, always have to go through a high-level middleman. > > The middleman would not get asked about time each fraction of a second, > > but the bash loop to pace the asking could very well take some > > noticeable CPU percentage. I guess to nice it down would be in order. > > If you use e.g. "sleep 60" in your bash loop before asking the time wouldn't > that drop the CPU usage to something subtly? Yes, but I don't take breaks every minute. ;-) Mine is set to 3600. -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
