HowTo Installl and Use time2do

Howto Install and Use time2do

Compiling time2do

If you choosed to download the last stable tarball of time2do, decompress it in your system, using the command:

$ tar -zjvf time2do-<version>.tar.bz2

This command will create a directory called time2do-<version>. If you choose to download the last development repository (via SVN), a directory called time2do will be created. Access the directory already created and compile the sources using the following command:

$ cd time2do-<version>
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install (as root)

This command will create an executable file called time2do in the /usr/local/bin directory. To choose another directory to install, see the INSTALL file inside the time2do source directory, to learn how set up the directory.

Using time2do

To use time2do, create a new line in user's crontab, using the following schema:

# m  h  dom mon dow   command
59 17 * * 1-5 export DISPLAY=:0.0; /path_to/time2do "msg_to_display"

If you create this rule without a message to display, the message "It's time to go home!!!" will be displayed.