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Re: sched waits for next prompt. Does it have to?
- X-seq: zsh-users 116
- From: Richard Coleman <coleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hware@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Henry Ware)
- Subject: Re: sched waits for next prompt. Does it have to?
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 14:02:43 -0500
- Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 31 Oct 1995 09:42:19 EST." <9510311442.AA14509@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> zsh is the 5th shell I've used... it is by far my favorite so far
> surpassing even tcsh and bash, IMHO. However, I'm having a little
> trouble with the sched commend. I'd like it to perform the action at
> the specified time rather than at the next prompt: for example, when I
> want it to act as an alarm clock, or as "at", etc.
>
> I've tried setting the NOTIFY option, which didn't change the behavior.
>
> Is there a solution other than using at or tcsh's sched?
Currently zsh's handling of `sched' and the shell function `periodic'
(if defined) are very simple. Zsh just checks time stamps in the
function preprompt() and executes scheduled commands or `periodic'
if it has been long enough. To do anything better would require setting
up signals, etc... I can add it to the TODO list, but I doubt it
will make it in the next production release. There are currently just too
many other things to work on.
Richard Coleman
coleman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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