Tester Tocsin Program

Tocsin

#! /bin/bash
#
#Tocsin - Plays a Chime at the Hour and Quarter Hour
#
# You can change the paths to any sound files you'd like, but paths must be absolute for cron to work
# This script uses mpg123 to play the mp3 chime files. Alternative programs would be aplay, ogg123, and madplay.

#Quarter Chime Variables

fifteen="/home/meskarune/GIT/tocsin/chimes/quarter1.mp3"
thirty="/home/meskarune/GIT/tocsin/chimes/quarter2.mp3"
fortyfive="/home/meskarune/GIT/tocsin/chimes/quarter3.mp3"

# Hour Variable

hour=`date +%I`

# Hour Chime Variable

hourchime="/home/meskarune/GIT/tocsin/chimes/$hour-hour.mp3"

# Chime the Hour when minutes = 00 and Quarter Hours on the 15, 30, 
# and 45 minute marks.

case "$(date +%M)" in
	00) 
		mpg123 -q $hourchime
		;;
	15) 
		mpg123 -q $fifteen
		;;
	30)
		mpg123 -q $thirty
		;;
	45)
		mpg123 -q $fortyfive
		;;
esac

mplayer -softvol -volume 25 $hourchime