From cf92368317b4bbceaff1935105ce8790e7e1b610 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mattias Andrée Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2026 12:58:37 +0100 Subject: m fixes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée --- README | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 76d6de9..b71824c 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION Pause until TIMEPOINT. TIMEPOINT is the number of seconds since Epoch, in UTC but not accounting for leap seconds, - by default. If CLOCKNAME is specifed, TIMEPOINT is the + by default. If CLOCKNAME is specified, TIMEPOINT is the number of seconds since the zerotime of that clock. TIMEPOINT may be an arbitrary floating point number. Pause is continued when interrupted. @@ -18,17 +18,17 @@ DESCRIPTION * CLOCK_BOOTTIME * CLOCK_REALTIME_ALARM * CLOCK_BOOTTIME_ALARM - Note that the neither course clocks, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW - (the proper implementation of a monotonic clock), and - CLOCK_TAI does not work. + Note that the neither the coarse clocks, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW + (the proper implementation of a monotonic clock), nor + CLOCK_TAI work. RATIONALE - Previously, the best wait to sleep until a specific time + Previously, the best way to sleep until a specific time was to use date, sleep, and arithmetics in Bash. This is - very inconvenient, and only allows sleep over a monotonic + very inconvenient, and only allows sleep on a monotonic clock. - This progam was written so that the author could combine + This program was written so that the author could combine it with mplayer to construct a custom alarm clock. SEE ALSO -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2