On Thursday 03 July 2008, Stephen_B wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a web app that can send out reminders for tasks?
> I'd like to get one running on my linux server.
> I have no trouble finding software to remind me of events (with a
> duration), but lots of trouble finding software to remind me of a task
> at a given time. Thanks.
For the commandline users out there...
I use sendxmpp to send me messages (in fact, I have a little wrapper
script "msg" that sends it to me). It's on all my systems, and just sends me
a Jabber message (Google Chat, for instance).
And of course, there are a zillion ways to schedule events, from crontab
to at to simply using sleep. For instance:
echo msg Go pick up Sarah | at 17:00
sleep 4h ; msg "It's been four hours -- have you done the dishes?"
...and of course the ultra flexability of a modern crontab for periodic
tasks. It just pops up as a instant message. You can also run it on inbound
emails (depending on your email program), or just as an alert that something
has finished.
dosomething ; msg Something is done.
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Evan "JabberWokky" Edwards
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