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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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