Annotation of src/usr.bin/calendar/calendar.1, Revision 1.25
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1.3 millert 30: .\" @(#)calendar.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/29/93
1.1 deraadt 31: .\"
32: .Dd June 29, 1993
33: .Dt CALENDAR 1
34: .Os
35: .Sh NAME
36: .Nm calendar
37: .Nd reminder service
38: .Sh SYNOPSIS
1.10 aaron 39: .Nm calendar
1.24 jmc 40: .Op Fl ab
1.3 millert 41: .Op Fl A Ar num
42: .Op Fl B Ar num
1.15 mickey 43: .Op Fl f Ar calendarfile
1.7 millert 44: .Op Fl t Ar [[[cc]yy][mm]]dd
1.1 deraadt 45: .Sh DESCRIPTION
1.3 millert 46: The
1.9 pjanzen 47: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 48: utility checks the current directory or the directory specified by the
1.5 aaron 49: .Ev CALENDAR_DIR
1.1 deraadt 50: environment variable for a file named
51: .Pa calendar
52: and displays lines that begin with either today's date
53: or tomorrow's.
54: On Fridays, events on Friday through Monday are displayed.
55: .Pp
1.12 aaron 56: The options are as follows:
1.1 deraadt 57: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.25 ! jmc 58: .It Fl A Ar num
! 59: Print lines from today and next
! 60: .Ar num
! 61: days (forward, future).
1.1 deraadt 62: .It Fl a
1.9 pjanzen 63: Process the
64: .Dq calendar
65: files of all users and mail the results
1.1 deraadt 66: to them.
1.14 aaron 67: This requires superuser privileges.
1.3 millert 68: .It Fl B Ar num
1.5 aaron 69: Print lines from today and previous
1.3 millert 70: .Ar num
1.5 aaron 71: days (backward, past).
1.25 ! jmc 72: .It Fl b
! 73: Enforce special date calculation mode for KOI8 calendars.
1.3 millert 74: .It Fl f Pa calendarfile
1.5 aaron 75: Use
1.3 millert 76: .Pa calendarfile
1.5 aaron 77: as the default calendar file.
1.7 millert 78: .It Fl t Ar [[[cc]yy][mm]]dd
1.9 pjanzen 79: Act like the specified value is
80: .Dq today
81: instead of using the current date.
1.1 deraadt 82: .El
83: .Pp
1.3 millert 84: To handle calendars in your national code table you can specify
85: .Dq LANG=<locale_name>
1.13 aaron 86: in the calendar file as early as possible.
87: To handle national Easter names in the calendars,
1.3 millert 88: .Dq Easter=<national_name>
89: (for Catholic Easter) or
90: .Dq Paskha=<national_name>
91: (for Orthodox Easter) can be used.
1.16 mickey 92: .Pp
93: To enforce special date calculation mode for Cyrillic calendars
94: you should specify
95: .Dq LANG=<local_name>
96: and
1.17 mickey 97: .Dq BODUN=<bodun_prefix>
98: where <local_name> can be ru_RU.KOI8-R, uk_UA.KOI8-U or by_BY.KOI8-B.
1.3 millert 99: .Pp
100: Other lines should begin with a month and day.
1.1 deraadt 101: They may be entered in almost any format, either numeric or as character
102: strings.
1.3 millert 103: If proper locale is set, national months and weekdays
104: names can be used.
1.5 aaron 105: A single asterisk (`*') matches every month.
1.1 deraadt 106: A day without a month matches that day of every week.
107: A month without a day matches the first of that month.
108: Two numbers default to the month followed by the day.
109: Lines with leading tabs default to the last entered date, allowing
110: multiple line specifications for a single date.
1.9 pjanzen 111: .Dq Easter
112: (may be followed by a positive or negative integer) is Easter for this year.
113: .Dq Paskha
114: (may be followed by a positive or negative integer) is
1.3 millert 115: Orthodox Easter for this year.
1.9 pjanzen 116: Weekdays may be followed by
117: .Dq -4
118: .Li ...
119: .Dq +5
120: (aliases last, first, second, third, fourth) for moving events like
121: .Dq the last Monday in April .
1.3 millert 122: .Pp
1.5 aaron 123: By convention, dates followed by an asterisk
124: .Pq Sq *
125: are not fixed, i.e., change
1.1 deraadt 126: from year to year.
127: .Pp
1.5 aaron 128: Day descriptions start after the first <tab> character in the line;
129: if the line does not contain a <tab> character, it isn't printed out.
130: If the first character in the line is a <tab> character, it is treated as
1.8 pjanzen 131: the continuation of the previous description.
1.3 millert 132: .Pp
1.9 pjanzen 133: The calendar file is preprocessed by
1.1 deraadt 134: .Xr cpp 1 ,
135: allowing the inclusion of shared files such as company holidays or
136: meetings.
137: If the shared file is not referenced by a full pathname,
138: .Xr cpp 1
139: searches in the current (or home) directory first, and then in the
140: directory
141: .Pa /usr/share/calendar .
142: Empty lines and lines protected by the C commenting syntax
143: .Pq Li /* ... */
144: are ignored.
145: .Pp
1.5 aaron 146: Some possible calendar entries (<tab> characters are highlighted by a
147: \fB\et\fR sequence):
1.1 deraadt 148: .Bd -unfilled -offset indent
1.3 millert 149: LANG=C
150: Easter=Ostern
151:
152: #include <calendar.usholiday>
153: #include <calendar.birthday>
154:
155: 6/15\fB\et\fRJune 15 (if ambiguous, will default to month/day).
156: Jun. 15\fB\et\fRJune 15.
157: 15 June\fB\et\fRJune 15.
158: Thursday\fB\et\fREvery Thursday.
159: June\fB\et\fREvery June 1st.
160: 15 *\fB\et\fR15th of every month.
1.1 deraadt 161:
1.3 millert 162: May Sun+2\fB\et\fRsecond Sunday in May (Muttertag)
163: 04/SunLast\fB\et\fRlast Sunday in April,
164: \fB\et\fRsummer time in Europe
165: Easter\fB\et\fREaster
166: Ostern-2\fB\et\fRGood Friday (2 days before Easter)
167: Paskha\fB\et\fROrthodox Easter
1.1 deraadt 168: .Ed
169: .Sh FILES
1.5 aaron 170: .Bl -tag -width ~/.calendar/calendar -compact
1.3 millert 171: .It Pa calendar
1.25 ! jmc 172: File in current directory.
1.3 millert 173: .It Pa ~/.calendar
1.25 ! jmc 174: Directory in the user's home directory (which
1.9 pjanzen 175: .Nm
1.25 ! jmc 176: changes into, if it exists).
1.3 millert 177: .It Pa ~/.calendar/calendar
1.25 ! jmc 178: File to use if no calendar file exists in the current directory.
1.3 millert 179: .It Pa ~/.calendar/nomail
1.9 pjanzen 180: .Nm
1.25 ! jmc 181: will not send mail if this file exists.
1.1 deraadt 182: .It Pa calendar.birthday
1.25 ! jmc 183: Births and deaths of famous (and not-so-famous) people.
1.1 deraadt 184: .It Pa calendar.christian
1.8 pjanzen 185: Christian holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator
1.25 ! jmc 186: so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year).
1.1 deraadt 187: .It Pa calendar.computer
1.25 ! jmc 188: Days of special significance to computer people.
! 189: .It Pa calendar.croatian
! 190: Croatian calendar.
1.18 mickey 191: .It Pa calendar.fictional
1.25 ! jmc 192: Fantasy and fiction dates (mostly LOTR).
! 193: .It Pa calendar.french
! 194: French calendar.
! 195: .It Pa calendar.german
! 196: German calendar.
1.1 deraadt 197: .It Pa calendar.history
1.25 ! jmc 198: Everything else, mostly U.S. historical events.
1.1 deraadt 199: .It Pa calendar.holiday
1.25 ! jmc 200: Other holidays (including the not-well-known, obscure, and
1.1 deraadt 201: .Em really
1.25 ! jmc 202: obscure).
1.1 deraadt 203: .It Pa calendar.judaic
1.5 aaron 204: Jewish holidays (should be updated yearly by the local system administrator
1.25 ! jmc 205: so that roving holidays are set correctly for the current year).
1.1 deraadt 206: .It Pa calendar.music
1.25 ! jmc 207: Musical events, births, and deaths (strongly oriented toward rock n' roll).
1.19 fgsch 208: .It Pa calendar.openbsd
209: .Ox
1.25 ! jmc 210: related events.
1.18 mickey 211: .It Pa calendar.pagan
1.25 ! jmc 212: Pagan holidays, celebrations and festivals.
! 213: .It Pa calendar.russian
! 214: Russian calendar.
1.1 deraadt 215: .It Pa calendar.usholiday
1.25 ! jmc 216: U.S. holidays.
1.18 mickey 217: .It Pa calendar.world
1.25 ! jmc 218: World wide calendar.
1.1 deraadt 219: .El
220: .Sh SEE ALSO
221: .Xr at 1 ,
1.12 aaron 222: .Xr cal 1 ,
1.1 deraadt 223: .Xr cpp 1 ,
1.5 aaron 224: .Xr mail 1 ,
225: .Xr cron 8
1.23 jmc 226: .Sh STANDARDS
1.1 deraadt 227: The
1.11 aaron 228: .Nm
1.1 deraadt 229: program previously selected lines which had the correct date anywhere
230: in the line.
1.12 aaron 231: This is no longer true: the date is only recognized when it occurs
1.3 millert 232: at the beginning of a line.
1.1 deraadt 233: .Sh HISTORY
234: A
235: .Nm
1.3 millert 236: command appeared in
1.1 deraadt 237: .At v7 .
238: .Sh BUGS
1.9 pjanzen 239: .Nm
1.5 aaron 240: doesn't handle Jewish holidays or moon phases.