Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 19:50:49 -1000 From: "Arthur W. Neilson III" <art@pilikia.net> To: "Paul C. Boyle" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I am looking for a clock that has a hex readout. Message-ID: <200203021950490000.0072AC4F@10.25.0.4> In-Reply-To: <200203030509.AAA06477@alpha.vaxxine.com> References: <200203030409.XAA16606@alpha.vaxxine.com> <200203021837490570.002FD6CD@10.25.0.4> <200203030509.AAA06477@alpha.vaxxine.com>
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all you asked for was a clock that has a hex readout. further enhancements
are an excersize left unto you. I'm sure that if you spend a bit of time=
on it
you can figure out how to make it loop. color, sound and animated images
would be cool too :^).
On 3/3/02 at 12:10 AM Paul C. Boyle wrote:
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>On March 2, 2002 11:37 pm, you wrote:
>> #include <sys/types.h>
>> #include <time.h>
>>
>> main()
>> {
>> time_t ticks;
>> struct tm *now;
>>
>> time(&ticks);
>> now =3D localtime(&ticks);
>> printf("%02X:%02X:%02X\n", now->tm_hour, now->tm_min,
>now->tm_sec);
>> exit(0);
>> }
>>
>
>Hey thanks.
>Can you give me some pointers as to how to get it to continually run.
>Right now right now it just prints out the time on the command line and
>stops.
>Can I interface this with xdaliclock?
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>> On 3/2/02 at 11:11 PM Paul C. Boyle wrote:
>> >If any one knows of one please let me know.
>> >
>> >
>> >I only know very little c and c++.
>> >I think this would be a great little project but I have no idea where=
to
>> >begin. Could someone help me start this?
>> >Could it be done as a script in bash?
>> >I have been wanting to learn perl or python but havn't found the right
>> >beginners book yet. For programming I do better in a classroom rather
>> >than teaching myself. I get better direction that way.
>> >
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