How to write a simple timed popup reminder script

[Sean Hammond]

Great, thanks guys. Looks like notify-send with libnotify-bin is what
I want, and probably with the command in the crontab.

btw, the notify-send manpage says that the -t option specifies the
timeout in seconds, but appears to be milliseconds.

Is there any way to control where the notification appears? It pops up
at the bottom-right. Might work better from the top-right. Not a big
deal though.

On 6/29/06, Wander Boessenkool <wander at kanslozebagger.org> wrote:
> On 6/29/06, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Okay, I want to write a script for Ubuntu that will pop-up a reminder
> > every 20 minutes saying "if someone else is waiting, don't hog the
> > computer" (exact text to be confirmed). It's for use in a busy cafe
> > running Ubuntu for free, open Internet access.
> >
> > Question: What is the best way to do this?
> >
> -You could do it from a script launched at login
> #/bin/bash
> while true; do sleep 1200; notify-send -u critical -t 5000 -i
> mail-notification "Hogging?" "If someone else is waiting please don't
> hog the computer."; done
>
> -Or you could put that command in your crontab (with crontab -e)
> */20 * * * * /usr/bin/notify-send -u critical -t 5000 -i
> mail-notification "Hogging?" "If someone else is waiting please don't
> hog the computer."
>
> You will need to install libnotify-bin from either synaptic/adept or
> "$sudo apt-get install libnotify-bin" To use the fancy notifier stuff.
>
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