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`onSecondsElapsed`

Events triggered by time intervals

Description

onSecondsElapsed events are triggered every n seconds.

Usage

event onSecondsElapsed name=seconds { code block }

!event onSecondsElapsed name

Valid Interrupts

<seconds> Duration in seconds. eg 60 would be 60 seconds / 1 minute

Payload

The following payload is passed to the function via stdin:

{
    "Name": "",
    "Interrupt": 0
}

Name

This is the name you specified when defining the event.

Interrupt

This is the duration you defined the event to wait for.

Event Return

This event doesn’t have any $EVENT_RETURN parameters.

Examples

event onSecondsElapsed example=60 {
    out "60 seconds has passed"
}

Detail

Standard out and error

Stdout and stderr are both written to the terminal.

See Also

Murex Event Subsystem: event: Event driven programming for shell scripts
Shell Configuration And Settings: config: Query or define Murex runtime settings

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