Linux Learning Diary crontab use Notify-send for hourly notification reminders

The crontab command is used to set the instructions that are executed periodically. The command reads the instruction from a standard input device and stores it in a "crontab" file for later reading and execution

You can open the edit file by Crontab-e to add a new command

notify-send可以将消息以弹窗的形式通知用户

Note: The Notify-send command does not start the message popup under Cron. Need to be added before the notify-send command executes< Span id= "mathjax-span-2" class= "Mrow" > e Xpo rt  di sp la y=: 0.0 .  

* */1 * * * export display=:0.0 && notify-send "It's been an hour!" "Take a break," he said.

　

Linux Learning Diary crontab use Notify-send for hourly notification reminders