DATEBOOK(1)           UNIX 5.0 (Lynxcairne)           DATEBOOK(1)
     DATEBOOK(1)           UNIX 5.0 (Lynxcairne)           DATEBOOK(1)



     NAME
     NAME
          datebook - reminder service

     SYNOPSIS
     SYNOPSIS
          datebook [ file ]
          datebook

     DESCRIPTION
     DESCRIPTION
          ________ consults the file `datebook.dat' if no argument is
          Datebook
          present, or file if it is present, and prints out lines that
                      file
          contain today's, tomorrow's, or a proper future date at the
          beginning of 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'.  On weekends `tomorrow' extends
          through Monday.

          ________ also supports months and days of the week by
          Datebook
          themselves.  This allows you to specify things on a weekly
          or monthly basis.  The format for weekday names is the same
          as that for month names; Mon., monday, tues, tue, wed, etc.
          The month may be specified either by name, or by number.
          The weekday will only be recognized by name.

     EXTENDED NOTIFICATION
     EXTENDED NOTIFICATION
          If you wish to have ________ notification of a previous or
                              extended
          upcoming event, ________ supports a notation that extends a
                          datebook
          date by a week.

          If "*w" is appended directly to the week day, I.E. 12/7*w,
          then you will be sent a reminder every day beginning
          approximately (depending on the weekend) 7 days prior to the
          date.

          If "*W" (note the significance of case "w" or "W") is
          appended to the week day as in the above example, than you
          will be notified beginning one day before and extending up
          to 10 days after.

          If you wish to have both of these features, I.E. a 2 week
          window around the given date, you can append "*Ww" or "*wW"
          to the week day.

     EXTENDED MESSAGES
     EXTENDED MESSAGES
          ________ will recognize lines with leading blanks or tabs as
          Datebook
          extensions to a line with a matched (the date given is
          "today") date.  This allows comments longer than one line to
          be present for any given date.  Below is an example date
          specification.

          Wednesday
               Backups...
               Check all printers for paper, ribbons, etc.




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     SAMPLE FILE
     SAMPLE FILE
          July            Get the budget ready for the new fiscal year
          Monday          Check all printers for paper...
                          Check MMDF, MDQS, and UUCP
          Wednesday       Backups are tonight...
          Friday          Lets go party....
          6/17            John's b'day
                          Mark's b'day

     FILES
     FILES
          datebook.dat    The users' calendar ________'_ extended idea
                                              Datebook s
          of `tomorrow' doesn't account for holidays.  Lines
          containing erroneous data are silently ignored.

     CREDITS TO
     CREDITS TO
          Original code by Gregg Wonderly
          Oklahoma State University


          CP/M version by D.N. Lynx Crowe
          Lynxcairne


































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