[arm-allstar] ARM-allstar Digest, Vol 63, Issue 30

[rob s]

Thanks for everyone's help.


On Thu, Aug 15, 2019, 9:00 AM <arm-allstar-request at hamvoip.org> wrote:

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>    1. Re: Disabling Time announcements (Don Backstrom - AA7AU)
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> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:15:44 -0600
> From: Don Backstrom - AA7AU <z-armallstar at deliberate.net>
> To: rob s via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] Disabling Time announcements
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> On Wed 14-Aug-19 21:28, "rob s via ARM-allstar" wrote:
> > I'm having a hard time finding the way to disable the time announcements.
> > For the Rp3
> > I'm sure it is right in front of me, but have looked everywhere.
>
>         The hourly time announcements are handled by cron. If, like me,
> you're
> getting complaints about them running all night, here's an approach for
> controlling the hours when they're issued:
>
>         Use option 9 to get to the BASH shell, then type:
> crontab -e
>
> ... which will then allow your to either:
>
> 1) comment out (turn off completely) the line that includes "saytime.pl"
> by placing a "#" at the beginning; or,
>
> 2) you can replace the "*" in the hour column (for any job) with a range
> like 6-22 (or with a comma-separated string like
> 6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22) and then your friends
> can sleep at night without messing with their radios.
>         see:    https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cron#Crontab_format
>
>         BTW: You can use the same syntax, as appropriate, for any of the
> other numerical variables in the cron tab command line.
>
>         cron can be your friend, just learn the syntax.
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>         Good luck,
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>         - Don - AA7AU
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