#include #include #include #include #define MAX_MSG_LEN 100 #define LEN(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0])) typedef struct { unsigned int t; char *msg; } Timers; static Timers timers[] = { /* timer(s) comment */ { 1500, "Time to start working!"}, { 300, "Time to start resting!"}, { 1500, "Time to start working!"}, { 300, "Time to start resting!"}, { 1500, "Time to start working!"}, { 300, "Time to start resting!"}, { 1500, "Time to start working!"}, { 900, "Time to take a longer rest!" }, }; void spawn(char *argv[]){ if (fork() == 0) { // we need to fork the process so that // when we exit the sent screen // this program continues. setsid(); execvp(argv[0], argv); perror(" failed"); exit(0); } } void print_time_now(){ time_t timer; char buffer[26]; struct tm* tm_info; timer = time(NULL); tm_info = localtime(&timer); strftime(buffer, 26, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", tm_info); fprintf(stderr, "%s", buffer); } void display_message(char *msg){ char sh_command[MAX_MSG_LEN]; snprintf(sh_command, MAX_MSG_LEN, "echo '%s' | sent", msg); // NOLINT: We are being carefull here by considering MAX_MSG_LEN explicitly. printf("%s", sh_command); char *spawn_args[] = { "/bin/sh", "-c", sh_command, NULL }; spawn(spawn_args); print_time_now(); fprintf(stderr, " | %s\n", msg); } int main(int argc, char *argv[]){ for(int i=0; ; i = (i+1) % LEN(timers)){ display_message(timers[i].msg); sleep(timers[i].t); } }