at based alarm.

[peter@easthope.ca]

Given a file named wake containing this script, an alarm can be started with at.
  at -f wake 6:30
How can the xterm be started with std{in,out,err} connected there?

Thanks,     ... Peter E.

#!/bin/sh 
xterm
input=""
until [[ $input != "" ]] ; do
  echo Beginning until loop.
  /usr/bin/play /home/peter/ring.wav
  read -n 1 -t 4 input
done

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