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I tested pschedule in fatdog64 812 to see if it could schedule an alert with a continuous sound.
Exiting will shut off sound.

I noticed that crond service is not turned on by default, so that needs to done.
Then launch pschedule and click on 'Add'.
Fill in time and the command.

#!/bin/sh
# continuous sound is heard until  window is closed


echo '
#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ] ; do  aplay /usr/share/audio/2barks.au ; done  2>/dev/null
'  >/usr/sbin/continous_script.sh

#permissions must be given to /usr/sbin/continous_script.sh
chmod 755 /usr/sbin/continous_script.sh
/usr/sbin/continous_script.sh &
pid=$!

#  when gtkdialog window is closed  --  kill is executed
export QUIT='<window   title="Continuous Sound"  icon-name="ptiming">
 <vbox>
   <hbox homogeneous="true"><text><label>"'$(date)'"</label></text></hbox>
   <hbox homogeneous="true"><text><label>"Exit to kill sound"</label></text></hbox>
   <hbox>        
       
	  <button>
      <label>"Exit"</label>
      <action type="exit">CLOSE</action>
      </button>	   
   </hbox>
  </vbox>
 </window>
'
 gtkdialog -p QUIT -c     

kill -9  $pid 2>/dev/null

Here is the compressed script --> continuous_sound.sh
You can decompress it and place it anywhere (such as /root)
Make sure it can be executed.

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I looked in /var to see what was in the crontab file

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I foresee many useful needs for this utility. I am old, and little "nudges" from utilities like this is EXTREMELY helpful. Thanks Don for bringing this to us!

I ask:
Should this utility have a front-end for setup of media playback selection or maybe a 'nudge.conf' file to reference media/other variable needs for the script?

In any event, thanks, MUCHLY.

setup of media playback selection

I chose aplay because it is in all linux distros.
You can install mpg123 app and switch to it by changing one line in script.

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There is a more sophisticated alarm ---> ptmtimer 2.6
https://oldforum.puppylinux.com/viewtop ... 83#p978483

It searches for a media player.

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don570 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 12, 2022 6:49 pm

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#!/bin/sh
# continuous sound is heard until  window is closed


echo '
#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ] ; do  aplay /usr/share/audio/2barks.au ; done  2>/dev/null
'  >/usr/sbin/continous_script.sh

#permissions must be given to /usr/sbin/continous_script.sh
chmod 755 /usr/sbin/continous_script.sh
/usr/sbin/continous_script.sh &
pid=$!

#  when gtkdialog window is closed  --  kill is executed
export QUIT='<window   title="Continuous Sound"  icon-name="ptiming">
 <vbox>
   <hbox homogeneous="true"><text><label>"'$(date)'"</label></text></hbox>
   <hbox homogeneous="true"><text><label>"Exit to kill sound"</label></text></hbox>
   <hbox>        
       
	  <button>
      <label>"Exit"</label>
      <action type="exit">CLOSE</action>
      </button>	   
   </hbox>
  </vbox>
 </window>
'
 gtkdialog -p QUIT -c     

kill -9  $pid 2>/dev/null

You could avoid creating and killing continous_script.sh by running aplay directly from gtkdialog:

#!/bin/sh
export QUIT='<window title="Continuous Sound"  icon-name="ptiming">
 <vbox>
  <timer visible="false" interval="2">
    <action>aplay -q /usr/share/audio/2barks.au</action>   
  </timer>    
  <hbox homogeneous="true"><text><label>"'$(date)'"</label></text></hbox>
   <hbox homogeneous="true"><text><label>"Exit to kill sound"</label></text></hbox>
   <hbox>        
	  <button>
      <label>"Exit"</label>
      <action type="exit">CLOSE</action>
      </button>	   
   </hbox>
  </vbox>
 </window>
'
gtkdialog -p QUIT -c

I didn't know about timer widget.
https://github-wiki-see.page/m/step-/gt ... wiki/timer
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No 'at' command available in fatdog, busybox or gslapt !!!

while [ $(date +%I:%M) != "17:00" ]; do sleep 1; done