changes for tonight, cont tomorrow

README.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ The JSON structure should look like this:
 ```
 
 This file can be placed in either:
-* */home/user/.config/rem/tasks.json*
+* /home/user/.config/rem/tasks.json
-* */home/user/go/src/rem/tasks.json*
+* /home/user/go/src/rem/tasks.json
   
 

config.go

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"os"
+)
+
+//TODO: Create:
+// * LoadConfig
+// * CreateSampleConfig
+
+type Config struct {
+	Tasks []Task
+}
+
+// LoadConfig will take in the filename, load the JSON and return a pointer to Config
+func LoadConfig(filename string) (*Config, error) {
+	file, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err //nil is used here as we return a pointer to Config
+	}
+
+	config := &Config{}
+	err = json.Unmarshal(file, &config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return config, nil
+}

main.go

@@ -1,7 +1,22 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
 
 func main() {
+	var configFlag string
+	flag.StringVar(&configFlag, "c", "", "path to tasks.json")
+	flag.Parse()
+
 	fmt.Println("Hello World")
+	fmt.Printf("Reading JSON file: %s\n", configFlag)
+	config, err := LoadConfig(configFlag)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Cannot load config file: %s\n\t%s\n", configFlag, err)
+	}
+	fmt.Println(config)
+
 }

tasks.go

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package main
+
+// TODO: Finish off doc. here
+
+/*
+Task:
+
+	Each 'task' will have a name, desc. time between reminder and a cmd
+	The 'CMD' will take shell script such as e.g.
+		$ checkupdates | wc -l
+	and store the output as a string to use in the desc.
+	If the 'CMD' is empty, we will just put a new line (maybe change this)
+*/
+type Task struct {
+	TaskName string
+	TaskDesc string
+	Interval int32
+	CMD      string
+	Icon     string
+}