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1.1     ! root        1: .TH VACATION 1
        !             2: .\"    @(#)vacation.1  4.2             85/04/29
        !             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: user
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: .I Vacation
        !            13: returns a message to the sender of a message
        !            14: telling that you are on vacation.
        !            15: The intended use is in a
        !            16: .I \&.forward
        !            17: file.
        !            18: For example,
        !            19: your
        !            20: .I \&.forward
        !            21: file might have:
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .ti +5
        !            24: \eeric, "|/usr/ucb/vacation eric"
        !            25: .PP
        !            26: which would send messages to you
        !            27: (assuming your login name was eric)
        !            28: and send a message back to the sender.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: .I Vacation
        !            31: expects a file
        !            32: .I \&.vacation.msg
        !            33: in your home directory containing a message to be sent back
        !            34: to each sender.
        !            35: This file should include a header.
        !            36: For example, it might say:
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: .in +5
        !            39: .nf
        !            40: From: Eric Allman <eric>
        !            41: Subject: I am on vacation
        !            42: Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: the Vacation program
        !            43: 
        !            44: I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
        !            45: please contact Joe Kalash <kalash@ucbingres>.
        !            46:        --eric
        !            47: .fi
        !            48: .in -5
        !            49: .PP
        !            50: This message will only be sent once a week to each unique
        !            51: sender.
        !            52: The people who have sent you messages are kept in the files
        !            53: .I \&.vacation.pag
        !            54: and
        !            55: .I \&.vacation.dir
        !            56: in your home directory.
        !            57: The
        !            58: .B \-I
        !            59: option initializes these files,
        !            60: and should be executed before you modify your
        !            61: .I \&.forward
        !            62: file.
        !            63: .PP
        !            64: If the
        !            65: .B \-I
        !            66: flag is not specified,
        !            67: .I vacation
        !            68: reads the first line from the standard input
        !            69: for a \s-1UNIX\s0-style
        !            70: ``From'' line
        !            71: to determine the sender.
        !            72: If this is not present,
        !            73: a nasty diagnostic is produced.
        !            74: .IR Sendmail (8)
        !            75: includes this automatically.
        !            76: .SH SEE\ ALSO
        !            77: sendmail(8)

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