1CALENDAR(1)                 General Commands Manual                CALENDAR(1)
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NAME

6       calendar - reminder service
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SYNOPSIS

9       calendar [ - ]
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DESCRIPTION

12       Calendar  consults  the  file  `calendar'  in the current directory and
13       prints out lines that contain today's or tomorrow's  date  anywhere  in
14       the  line.  Most reasonable month-day dates such as `Dec. 7,' `december
15       7,' `12/7,' etc., are recognized, but not `7 December' or  `7/12'.   If
16       you  give the month as ``*'' with a date, i.e. ``* 1'', that day in any
17       month will do.  On weekends `tomorrow' extends through Monday.
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19       When an argument is present, calendar does its job for every  user  who
20       has a file `calendar' in his login directory and sends him any positive
21       results by mail(1).  Normally this is done daily in the wee hours under
22       control of cron(8).
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24       The  file  `calendar'  is  first  run  through  the ``C'' preprocessor,
25       /lib/cpp, to include any other calendar files specified with the  usual
26       ``#include''  syntax.  Included calendars will usually be shared by all
27       users, maintained and documented by the local administration.
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FILES

30       calendar
31       /usr/libexec/calendar to figure out today's and tomorrow's dates
32       /etc/passwd
33       /tmp/cal*
34       /lib/cpp, egrep, sed, mail as subprocesses
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SEE ALSO

37       at(1), cron(8), mail(1)
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BUGS

40       Calendar's extended idea of `tomorrow' doesn't account for holidays.
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447th Edition                    October 21, 1996                    CALENDAR(1)