beeminder-clock

Send your time spent clocked in to a Beeminder goal.

Usage

• clock in : Start the clock.
• clock check : Show the elapsed time.
• clock out : Stop the clock, show the elapsed time, and add it to the total.
• clock send : Stop the clock, send the elapsed time to Beeminder, and add it to the total.
• clock sendv v : Send v to Beeminder.
• clock total : Show the total elapsed time since the last reset.
• clock add v : Add v to the total.
• clock reset : Reset the total to 0.

Configuration

Define the following variables in the configuration file $HOME/.config/beeminder-clock. The configuration file should be a valid shell script.

• user = Your Beeminder user name.
• auth = Your Beeminder API authentication token.
• goal = The name of the goal to send times to.
• clockfile = The file to store the date in when clocking in. (Defaults to /tmp/clockin.)
• totalfile = The file to store the total elapsed time. (Defaults to /tmp/clocktotal.)
• backupfile = The file to store the previous date when clocking out. (Defaults to nothing, not stored.)

Requirements

• bash (possibly other shells work too)
• curl
• coreutils: cat, date, echo, mv, rm, test