test

config.go

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Tasks []Task
 }
 
-// LoadConfig will take in the filename, load the JSON and return a pointer to Config
+// LoadConfig will take in the filename, load the JSON and return a pointer to Config, a slice of Tasks
 func LoadConfig(filename string) (*Config, error) {
 	file, err := os.ReadFile(filename)
 	if err != nil {

main.go

@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ func main() {
 	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)
+	//fmt.Println(config.Tasks[0].TaskName)
+
+	TaskRun(*config)
 
 }

run.go

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// Run will take the config file and for each task, run a go routine
+func TaskRun(c Config) {
+	for i, v := range c.Tasks {
+		fmt.Printf("%d, %s", i, v)
+	}
+
+}

tasks.go

@@ -2,19 +2,14 @@ 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
+	TaskName string `json:"taskname"`
-	TaskDesc string
+	TaskDesc string `json:"taskdesc"`
-	Interval int32
+	Interval int32  `json:"interval"`
-	CMD      string
+	CMD      string `json:"cmd"`
-	Icon     string
+	Icon     string `json:"icon"`
+}
+
+func (t *Task) PrintTask() {
+
 }

tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+    "Tasks":
+    [
+        {
+        "taskname": "Example Task",
+        "taskdesc": "This is placeholder",
+        "interval": -1,
+        "cmd": " ",
+        "icon": " "
+        },
+
+        {
+        "taskname": "Second Example",
+        "taskdesc": "Still Place holder",
+        "interval": -1,
+        "cmd": " ",
+        "icon": " "
+        }
+    ]
+}