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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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