#!/bin/bash

# bug-todo,
# a simple script to nag you over zephyr with a todo list

# Author: Liz A. Denys (lizdenys@mit.edu)
# Last updated on February 6, 2012

echo "Your todo list, as found in ~/Private/todo, will be zephyred to you "
echo "every thirty minutes starting immediately until this script receives "
echo "SIGTERM. If your todo list is empty, ~/Private/todo should be an "
echo "empty file."
echo

# repeat forever
while true; do 
    # get todo list
    todolist="$(cat $HOME/Private/todo)"

    # check that todo list isn't empty
    if [ -n "$todolist"  ]; then
        # zephyr list
        echo "$todolist" | zwrite $USER -O auto -s TODO -d -n
    fi

    # wait 30 minutes before bugging again
    sleep 1800
done