calendar(1)                                           calendar(1)



NAME
     calendar - provides a reminder service

SYNOPSIS
     calendar [-]

ARGUMENTS
     -    Causes calendar to examine the calendar file in the
          login directory of each user on the system and send the
          output of calendar as a mail message.  The system
          administrator can also put the

             calendar -

          command in the /usr/spool/crontabs file so that cron
          can run it automatically.

DESCRIPTION
     calendar examines the file calendar in the current directory
     and displays the lines that contain today's or tomorrow's
     date anywhere in the line.  On a Friday, calendar extends
     ``tomorrow'' through Monday.  An easy way to use calendar is
     to keep your calendar file in your login directory and to
     run calendar from your .login file.

     The calendar command understands dates such as Mar. 7, march
     7, and 3/7, but it does not understand 7 March.

EXAMPLES
     Suppose that your calendar file contains the lines

        5/3  Bruce's birthday
        Monday, September 6 Labor Day Holiday
        Mar 14    Status report due.

     and the date is March 13 or 14.  The command:

        calendar

     displays this reminder:

        Mar 14    Status report due.


LIMITATIONS
     The calendar command does not take holidays into account
     when determining what ``tomorrow'' is.

NOTES
     The calendar command requires, at minimum, two steps: (1)
     that you use a text editor to enter information in your
     calendar file and (2) that you remember to run the calendar



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calendar(1)                                           calendar(1)



     command. You may want to use the at command because it
     provides a reminder service that combines the entry of
     reminder information (including a specific time to be
     reminded) with the execution of a single command.

     Another reminder service is provided by the leave command,
     which persistently reminds you when you need to log out.

FILES
     ./calendar
          File that contains reminders
     /etc/passwd
          File that calendar examines to get login directories
     /tmp/cal*
          Temporary files
     /usr/bin/calendar
          Executable file
     /usr/lib/calprog
          Executable file that produces a temporary file
          containing today's and tomorrow's date in a format
          suitable for processing by calendar

SEE ALSO
     at(1), crontab(1), leave(1), mail(1)

     cron(1M) in A/UX System Administrator's Reference





























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