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4 DATEBOOK(1) UNIX 5.0 (Lynxcairne) DATEBOOK(1)
5 DATEBOOK(1) UNIX 5.0 (Lynxcairne) DATEBOOK(1)
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11 datebook - reminder service
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13 SYNOPSIS
14 SYNOPSIS
15 datebook [ file ]
16 datebook
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18 DESCRIPTION
19 DESCRIPTION
20 ________ consults the file `datebook.dat' if no argument is
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22 present, or file if it is present, and prints out lines that
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24 contain today's, tomorrow's, or a proper future date at the
25 beginning of the line. Most reasonable month-day dates such
26 as `Dec. 7,' `december 7,' `12/7,' etc., are recognized, but
27 not `7 December' or `7/12'. On weekends `tomorrow' extends
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30 ________ also supports months and days of the week by
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32 themselves. This allows you to specify things on a weekly
33 or monthly basis. The format for weekday names is the same
34 as that for month names; Mon., monday, tues, tue, wed, etc.
35 The month may be specified either by name, or by number.
36 The weekday will only be recognized by name.
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38 EXTENDED NOTIFICATION
39 EXTENDED NOTIFICATION
40 If you wish to have ________ notification of a previous or
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42 upcoming event, ________ supports a notation that extends a
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44 date by a week.
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46 If "*w" is appended directly to the week day, I.E. 12/7*w,
47 then you will be sent a reminder every day beginning
48 approximately (depending on the weekend) 7 days prior to the
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51 If "*W" (note the significance of case "w" or "W") is
52 appended to the week day as in the above example, than you
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56 If you wish to have both of these features, I.E. a 2 week
57 window around the given date, you can append "*Ww" or "*wW"
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60 EXTENDED MESSAGES
61 EXTENDED MESSAGES
62 ________ will recognize lines with leading blanks or tabs as
63 Datebook
64 extensions to a line with a matched (the date given is
65 "today") date. This allows comments longer than one line to
66 be present for any given date. Below is an example date
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69 Wednesday
70 Backups...
71 Check all printers for paper, ribbons, etc.
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83 DATEBOOK(1) UNIX 5.0 (Lynxcairne) DATEBOOK(1)
84 DATEBOOK(1) UNIX 5.0 (Lynxcairne) DATEBOOK(1)
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88 SAMPLE FILE
89 SAMPLE FILE
90 July Get the budget ready for the new fiscal year
91 Monday Check all printers for paper...
92 Check MMDF, MDQS, and UUCP
93 Wednesday Backups are tonight...
94 Friday Lets go party....
95 6/17 John's b'day
96 Mark's b'day
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100 datebook.dat The users' calendar ________'_ extended idea
101 Datebook s
102 of `tomorrow' doesn't account for holidays. Lines
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105 CREDITS TO
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107 Original code by Gregg Wonderly
108 Oklahoma State University
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111 CP/M version by D.N. Lynx Crowe
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