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                                                              calendar(1)



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        calendar                                                  Command
        reminder service
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        SYNTAX

        calendar [ - ]


        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 "Aug. 24,"
        "august 24," "8/24," etc., are recognized, but not "24 August" or
        "24/8." On weekends "tomorrow" extends through Monday.

        When an argument is present, calendar does its job for every user
        who has an entry in the local /etc/passwd file and a file named
        calendar in the login directory and sends them any positive
        results by mail(1).  Normally this is done daily by a cron job
        prepared by the system administrator.



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        EXAMPLES

        $ cat calendar
        Jan 31 88 Rosemary's Birthday is on Saturday.
        Feb  1 88 Rosemary's Birthday is tomorrow.
        Feb  8 88 Progress report on proposal is due in one week.
        $
        $ date
        Thu Jan 31 14:49:04 EDT 1988
        $
        $ calendar
        Jan 31 88 Rosemary's Birthday is on Saturday.
        Feb  1 88 Rosemary's Birthday is tomorrow.

        The cat command displays on the screen the contents of the users
        calendar file.  The date command displays the date and time.  The
        calendar command checks the file calendar in the current
        directory and displays any messages for the day.
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        FILES




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                                                              calendar(1)



        /usr/lib/calprog    To figure out today's and tomorrow's dates

        /etc/passwd
        /tmp/cal*


        SEE ALSO

        mail(1).


        BUGS

        Your calendar must be public information for you to get reminder
        service.  Users on the system must have read permission on your
        calendar.
        Calendar's extended idea of "tomorrow" does not account for
        holidays.




































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