Manual page for CALENDAR(1)
calendar - reminder service
SYNOPSIS
calendar
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DESCRIPTION
Calendar
consults the file `calendar' in the current directory
and prints out lines that contain today's or
tomorrow's date anywhere in the line.
Most reasonable month-day dates such as `Dec. 7,'
`december 7,' `12/7,' etc., are recognized, but not
`7 December' or `7/12'.
If you give the month as ``*''
with a date, i.e. ``* 1'', that day in any month will do.
On weekends `tomorrow' extends through Monday.
When
an argument is present,
calendar
does its job for every user
who has a file `calendar' in his login directory
and sends him any positive results by
mail.1
Normally this is done daily in the wee hours under control of
cron.8
The file `calendar' is first run through the ``C'' preprocessor,
/lib/cpp,
to include any other calendar files
specified with the usual ``#include'' syntax.
Included calendars will usually be shared by all users,
maintained and documented by the local administration.
FILES
calendar
/usr/lib/calendar to figure out today's and tomorrow's dates
/etc/passwd
/tmp/cal*
/lib/cpp, egrep, sed, mail as subprocesses
SEE ALSO
at(1), cron(8), mail(1)
BUGS
Calendar's
extended idea of `tomorrow' doesn't account for
holidays.
Created by unroff & hp-tools.
© somebody (See intro for details). All Rights Reserved.
Last modified 11/5/97
