#!/usr/bin/env python
"""
Beep on me in a while.
Command line utility to shedule an alarm in a specified number of
minutes.
Need `beep <https://github.com/johnath/beep/>`_ on a GNU/Linux system.
usage: alarm [-h] [-b "<options>"] [-a] number
Beep-alarm in some minutes
positional arguments:
number Number of minutes until alarm.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-b "<options>", --beep-options "<options>"
The options to provide to the beep command. See man
beep. Default: "-l 200 -d 50 -r 5"
-a, --asynch If given - start beep in the background
"""
import argparse
import os
description = ('Beep-alarm in some minutes')
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=description)
boptsdef = '-l 200 -d 50 -r 5'
parser.add_argument('-b', '--beep-options', metavar='"<options>"',
dest='beep_opts', default=boptsdef,
help=('The options to provide to the beep command. '
'See man beep. Default: "' + boptsdef + '"'))
parser.add_argument(dest='minutes', metavar='number', type=float,
help=('Number of minutes until alarm.'))
parser.add_argument('-a', '--asynch', dest='asynch', action='store_true',
help='If given - start beep in the background')
args = parser.parse_args()
print 'minutes =', args.minutes
print 'beep_opts =', args.beep_opts
print 'asynch =', args.asynch
ms = str(args.minutes * 60000)
bg = ''
if args.asynch:
bg = ' &'
os.system('beep -l 0 -D ' + ms + ' --new ' + args.beep_opts + bg)
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minutes.
Need `beep <https://github.com/johnath/beep/>`_ on a GNU/Linux system.
+
+ usage: alarm [-h] [-b "<options>"] [-a] number
+
+ Beep-alarm in some minutes
+
+ positional arguments:
+ number Number of minutes until alarm.
+
+ optional arguments:
+ -h, --help show this help message and exit
+ -b "<options>", --beep-options "<options>"
+ The options to provide to the beep command. See man
+ beep. Default: "-l 200 -d 50 -r 5"
+ -a, --asynch If given - start beep in the background
"""
import argparse
