Yes, you were right. However, if I type noatun my.mp3, I get 'noatun'
the file playing, but when using your suggestion I get noatune, but it
does not play the the mp3 file (!?).
What am I doing wrong?
Right now is 00 :30 here, so I will pack it up and try again tomorrow.
Thanks!!
On Feb 26, 8:57 pm, "Lew Pitcher" <lpitc...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> On Feb 26, 8:44 pm, "Lew Pitcher" <lpitc...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> > On Feb 26, 1:34 pm, "jamiil" <jalqa...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > I am not sure if this is the right place to post question about UNIX
> > > commands, so, at risk of being fertilized I will go on with my
> > > quesion.
> > > I want to noatun to start playing an mp3 file exacly at 4:21 pm.
> > > 'noatun my.mp3' plays the my mp3 file, so.... 'at noatun my.mp3 4:21pm
> > > ' should play the file, but 'at' complains, what am I doing wrong?
>
> > You are entering the 'at' command incorrectly. You need to read the
> > at(1) documentation ("man 1 at")
>
> > But, to make it easier on you, try this...
>
> > echo noatun my.mp3 | at 1621
>
> Minor correction - try
> echo DISPLAY=$DISPLAY noatun my.mp3 | at 1621
>
> You need the DISPLAY environment variable to allow noatun to display
> on your logged on X session. Of course, if you log off before noatun
> runs at 1621, you won't own the display that the DISPLAY variable
> points to, and noatun will crash with that "Error: Can't open display"
> message
>
> HTH
> --
> Lew