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1.1     ! root        1: .TH VACATION 1
        !             2: .\"    @(#)vacation.1  4.1     7/25/83
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: vacation \- return ``I am on vacation'' indication
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B vacation
        !             7: .B \-I
        !             8: .br
        !             9: .B vacation
        !            10: [
        !            11: .BI \-t N
        !            12: ]
        !            13: user
        !            14: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            15: .I Vacation
        !            16: returns a message to the sender of a message
        !            17: telling that you are on vacation.
        !            18: The intended use is in a
        !            19: .I \&.forward
        !            20: file.
        !            21: For example,
        !            22: your
        !            23: .I \&.forward
        !            24: file might have:
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: .ti +5
        !            27: \eeric, "|vacation eric"
        !            28: .PP
        !            29: which would send messages to you
        !            30: (assuming your login name was eric)
        !            31: and send a message back to the sender.
        !            32: .PP
        !            33: .I Vacation
        !            34: expects a file
        !            35: .I \&.vacation.msg
        !            36: in your home directory containing a message to be sent back
        !            37: to each sender.
        !            38: For example, it might say:
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: .in +5
        !            41: .nf
        !            42: I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
        !            43: please contact Joe Kalash (IngVAX:kalash).
        !            44:        --eric
        !            45: .fi
        !            46: .in -5
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: This message will only be sent once a week to each unique
        !            49: sender.
        !            50: This timeout can be reset using the
        !            51: .B \-t
        !            52: flag;
        !            53: a trailing `s', `m', `h', `d', or `w'
        !            54: scales the number to seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks
        !            55: respectively.
        !            56: The people who have sent you messages are kept in the files
        !            57: .I \&.vacation.pag
        !            58: and
        !            59: .I \&.vacation.dir
        !            60: in your home directory.
        !            61: The
        !            62: .B \-I
        !            63: option initializes these files,
        !            64: and should be executed before you modify your
        !            65: .I \&.forward
        !            66: file.
        !            67: .PP
        !            68: If the
        !            69: .B \-I
        !            70: flag is not specified,
        !            71: .I vacation
        !            72: reads the first line from the standard input
        !            73: for a \s-1UNIX\s0-style
        !            74: ``From'' line
        !            75: to determine the sender.
        !            76: If this is not present,
        !            77: a nasty diagnostic is produced.
        !            78: .IR Sendmail (8)
        !            79: includes this automatically.
        !            80: .SH SEE\ ALSO
        !            81: sendmail(8)

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