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ireminder

IREMINDER(1)							   User Commands						      IREMINDER(1)

NAME

       ireminder - Prayer time reminder

SYNOPSIS

       ireminder [-ipraytime path] [-skip event_name] [-reminder minutes] [-inplace] [-execr cmd] [-execs cmd] [-help]

DESCRIPTION

       The ireminder script is written in perl and is meant to be a simplistic wrapper to call and process the 'ipraytime' application.  ireminder
       is used to remind the user via audio indicators of an impending Islamic prayer event.

OPTIONS

       Some of the options within ireminder allow for list inputs, those are meant to be a quoted series of text/numbers.

       -ipraytime path
	      Specify the path to the ipraytime executable.  Unless this options is specified, the script will default to look for the	binary	in
	      /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin and the current directory.

       -skip event_name
	      Specify name of prayer/event to skip, valid options include "imsaak fajr shorooq zuhr asr maghrib isha" (list ok).

       -reminder minutes
	      Specify prior to how many minutes to remind (list ok).

       -inplace
	      Specify to print output in-place (without scrolling).

       -execr cmd
	      Specify  an  external  application  trigger for reminders.  The %m directive is recognized and is substituted with the normal output
	      message or string.  The %s directive is recognized and is substituted by the salat's name.

       -execs cmd
	      Specify an external application trigger for when the salat reaches its appointed time (ie. "salat now").	The %m directive is recog-
	      nized and is substituted with the normal output message or string.  The %s directive is recognized and is substituted by the salat's
	      name.

       -help  Produce a help screen.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs on the web using http://bugs.arabeyes.org

AUTHOR

       Written by Nadim Shaikli as part of the Arabeyes.org project.

COPYRIGHT

       iremidner is subject to the GNU General Public License (GPL).
       Copyright (C) 2006, Arabeyes, Nadim Shaikli.

SEE ALSO

       The ITL library (libitl) from the Islamic Tools and Libraries project.  It is the underlying requirement for ireminder  to  function.   The
       ITL library was created and is hosted at www.arabeyes.org.

ireminder							 January 05, 2005						      IREMINDER(1)