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1 | .TH CALENDAR 1 |
2 | .SH NAME | |
3 | calendar \- reminder service | |
4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
5 | .B calendar | |
6 | [ \- ] | |
7 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
8 | .I Calendar | |
9 | consults the file `calendar' in the current directory | |
10 | and prints out lines that contain today's or | |
11 | tomorrow's date anywhere in the line. | |
12 | Most reasonable month-day dates such as `Dec. 7,' | |
13 | `december 7,' `12/7,' etc., are recognized, but not | |
14 | `7 December' or `7/12'. | |
15 | On weekends `tomorrow' extends through Monday. | |
16 | .PP | |
17 | When | |
18 | an argument is present, | |
19 | .I calendar | |
20 | does its job for every user | |
21 | who has a file `calendar' in his login directory | |
22 | and sends him any positive results by | |
23 | .IR mail (1). | |
24 | Normally this is done daily in the wee hours under control of | |
25 | .IR cron (8). | |
26 | .SH FILES | |
27 | calendar | |
28 | .br | |
29 | /usr/lib/calendar to figure out today's and tomorrow's dates | |
30 | .br | |
31 | /etc/passwd | |
32 | .br | |
33 | /tmp/cal* | |
34 | .br | |
35 | egrep, sed, mail subprocesses | |
36 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | |
37 | at(1), cron(8), mail(1) | |
38 | .SH BUGS | |
39 | Your calendar must be public information for you | |
40 | to get reminder service. | |
41 | .br | |
42 | .I Calendar's | |
43 | extended idea of `tomorrow' doesn't account for | |
44 | holidays. |