Annotation of src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1, Revision 1.15
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1.3 millert 34: .\" @(#)calendar.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93
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36: .Dd June 29, 1993
37: .Dt CALENDAR 1
38: .Os
39: .Sh NAME
40: .Nm calendar
41: .Nd reminder service
42: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.10 aaron 43: .Nm calendar
1.1 deraadt 44: .Op Fl a
1.3 millert 45: .Op Fl A Ar num
1.15 ! mickey 46: .Op Fl b
1.3 millert 47: .Op Fl B Ar num
1.15 ! mickey 48: .Op Fl f Ar calendarfile
1.7 millert 49: .Op Fl t Ar [[[cc]yy][mm]]dd
1.1 deraadt 50: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.3 millert 51: The
1.9 pjanzen 52: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 53: utility checks the current directory or the directory specified by the
1.5 aaron 54: .Ev CALENDAR_DIR
1.1 deraadt 55: environment variable for a file named
56: .Pa calendar
57: and displays lines that begin with either today's date
58: or tomorrow's.
59: On Fridays, events on Friday through Monday are displayed.
60: .Pp
1.12 aaron 61: The options are as follows:
1.1 deraadt 62: .Bl -tag -width Ds
63: .It Fl a
1.9 pjanzen 64: Process the
65: .Dq calendar
66: files of all users and mail the results
1.1 deraadt 67: to them.
1.14 aaron 68: This requires superuser privileges.
1.3 millert 69: .It Fl A Ar num
1.5 aaron 70: Print lines from today and next
1.3 millert 71: .Ar num
1.5 aaron 72: days (forward, future).
1.15 ! mickey 73: .It Fl b
! 74: Enforce special date calculation mode for KOI8 calendars.
1.3 millert 75: .It Fl B Ar num
1.5 aaron 76: Print lines from today and previous
1.3 millert 77: .Ar num
1.5 aaron 78: days (backward, past).
1.3 millert 79: .It Fl f Pa calendarfile
1.5 aaron 80: Use
1.3 millert 81: .Pa calendarfile
1.5 aaron 82: as the default calendar file.
1.7 millert 83: .It Fl t Ar [[[cc]yy][mm]]dd
1.9 pjanzen 84: Act like the specified value is
85: .Dq today
86: instead of using the current date.
1.1 deraadt 87: .El
88: .Pp
1.3 millert 89: To handle calendars in your national code table you can specify
90: .Dq LANG=<locale_name>
1.13 aaron 91: in the calendar file as early as possible.
92: To handle national Easter names in the calendars,
1.3 millert 93: .Dq Easter=<national_name>
94: (for Catholic Easter) or
95: .Dq Paskha=<national_name>
96: (for Orthodox Easter) can be used.
97: .Pp
98: Other lines should begin with a month and day.
1.1 deraadt 99: They may be entered in almost any format, either numeric or as character
100: strings.
1.3 millert 101: If proper locale is set, national months and weekdays
102: names can be used.
1.5 aaron 103: A single asterisk (`*') matches every month.
1.1 deraadt 104: A day without a month matches that day of every week.
105: A month without a day matches the first of that month.
106: Two numbers default to the month followed by the day.
107: Lines with leading tabs default to the last entered date, allowing
108: multiple line specifications for a single date.
1.9 pjanzen 109: .Dq Easter
110: (may be followed by a positive or negative integer) is Easter for this year.
111: .Dq Paskha
112: (may be followed by a positive or negative integer) is
1.3 millert 113: Orthodox Easter for this year.
1.9 pjanzen 114: Weekdays may be followed by
115: .Dq -4
116: .Li ...
117: .Dq +5
118: (aliases last, first, second, third, fourth) for moving events like
119: .Dq the last Monday in April .
1.3 millert 120: .Pp
1.5 aaron 121: By convention, dates followed by an asterisk
122: .Pq Sq *
123: are not fixed, i.e., change
1.1 deraadt 124: from year to year.
125: .Pp
1.5 aaron 126: Day descriptions start after the first <tab> character in the line;
127: if the line does not contain a <tab> character, it isn't printed out.
128: If the first character in the line is a <tab> character, it is treated as
1.8 pjanzen 129: the continuation of the previous description.
1.3 millert 130: .Pp
1.9 pjanzen 131: The calendar file is preprocessed by
1.1 deraadt 132: .Xr cpp 1 ,
133: allowing the inclusion of shared files such as company holidays or
134: meetings.
135: If the shared file is not referenced by a full pathname,
136: .Xr cpp 1
137: searches in the current (or home) directory first, and then in the
138: directory
139: .Pa /usr/share/calendar .
140: Empty lines and lines protected by the C commenting syntax
141: .Pq Li /* ... */
142: are ignored.
143: .Pp
1.5 aaron 144: Some possible calendar entries (<tab> characters are highlighted by a
145: \fB\et\fR sequence):
1.1 deraadt 146: .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
1.3 millert 147: LANG=C
148: Easter=Ostern
149:
150: #include <calendar.usholiday>
151: #include <calendar.birthday>
152:
153: 6/15\fB\et\fRJune 15 (if ambiguous, will default to month/day).
154: Jun. 15\fB\et\fRJune 15.
155: 15 June\fB\et\fRJune 15.
156: Thursday\fB\et\fREvery Thursday.
157: June\fB\et\fREvery June 1st.
158: 15 *\fB\et\fR15th of every month.
1.1 deraadt 159:
1.3 millert 160: May Sun+2\fB\et\fRsecond Sunday in May (Muttertag)
161: 04/SunLast\fB\et\fRlast Sunday in April,
162: \fB\et\fRsummer time in Europe
163: Easter\fB\et\fREaster
164: Ostern-2\fB\et\fRGood Friday (2 days before Easter)
165: Paskha\fB\et\fROrthodox Easter
1.1 deraadt 166: .Ed
167: .Sh FILES
1.5 aaron 168: .Bl -tag -width ~/.calendar/calendar -compact
1.3 millert 169: .It Pa calendar
170: file in current directory
171: .It Pa ~/.calendar
1.5 aaron 172: file in home directory (which
1.9 pjanzen 173: .Nm
1.5 aaron 174: .Xr chdir 1 's
175: into if it exists)
1.3 millert 176: .It Pa ~/.calendar/calendar
1.5 aaron 177: file to use if no calendar file exists in the current directory
1.3 millert 178: .It Pa ~/.calendar/nomail
1.9 pjanzen 179: .Nm
1.5 aaron 180: will not send mail if this file exists
1.1 deraadt 181: .It Pa calendar.birthday
1.5 aaron 182: births and deaths of famous (and not-so-famous) people
1.1 deraadt 183: .It Pa calendar.christian
1.8 pjanzen 184: Christian holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator
1.5 aaron 185: so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year)
1.1 deraadt 186: .It Pa calendar.computer
1.5 aaron 187: days of special significance to computer people
1.1 deraadt 188: .It Pa calendar.history
1.5 aaron 189: everything else, mostly U.S. historical events
1.1 deraadt 190: .It Pa calendar.holiday
1.5 aaron 191: other holidays (including the not-well-known, obscure, and
1.1 deraadt 192: .Em really
1.5 aaron 193: obscure)
1.1 deraadt 194: .It Pa calendar.judaic
1.5 aaron 195: Jewish holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator
196: so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year)
1.1 deraadt 197: .It Pa calendar.music
1.5 aaron 198: musical events, births, and deaths (strongly oriented toward rock n' roll)
1.1 deraadt 199: .It Pa calendar.usholiday
1.9 pjanzen 200: U.S. holidays
1.3 millert 201: .It Pa calendar.german
1.5 aaron 202: German calendar
1.3 millert 203: .It Pa calendar.russian
1.5 aaron 204: Russian calendar
1.1 deraadt 205: .El
206: .Sh SEE ALSO
207: .Xr at 1 ,
1.12 aaron 208: .Xr cal 1 ,
1.1 deraadt 209: .Xr cpp 1 ,
1.5 aaron 210: .Xr mail 1 ,
211: .Xr cron 8
1.1 deraadt 212: .Sh COMPATIBILITY
213: The
1.11 aaron 214: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 215: program previously selected lines which had the correct date anywhere
216: in the line.
1.12 aaron 217: This is no longer true: the date is only recognized when it occurs
1.3 millert 218: at the beginning of a line.
1.1 deraadt 219: .Sh HISTORY
220: A
221: .Nm
1.3 millert 222: command appeared in
1.1 deraadt 223: .At v7 .
224: .Sh BUGS
1.9 pjanzen 225: .Nm
1.5 aaron 226: doesn't handle Jewish holidays or moon phases.
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