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1.1       root        1: .\"    @(#)calendar.1  6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      2: .\"
                      3: .TH CALENDAR 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      4: .AT 3
                      5: .SH NAME
                      6: calendar \- reminder service
                      7: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      8: .B calendar
                      9: [ \- ]
                     10: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     11: .I Calendar 
                     12: consults the file `calendar' in the current directory
                     13: and prints out lines that contain today's or
                     14: tomorrow's date anywhere in the line.
                     15: Most reasonable month-day dates such as `Dec. 7,'
                     16: `december 7,' `12/7,' etc., are recognized, but not
                     17: `7 December' or `7/12'.
                     18: If you give the month as ``*''
                     19: with a date, i.e. ``* 1'', that day in any month will do.
                     20: On weekends `tomorrow' extends through Monday.
                     21: .PP
                     22: When 
                     23: an argument is present,
                     24: .I calendar
                     25: does its job for every user
                     26: who has a file `calendar' in his login directory
                     27: and sends him any positive results by
                     28: .IR mail (1).
                     29: Normally this is done daily in the wee hours under control of
                     30: .IR cron (8).
                     31: .PP
                     32: The file `calendar' is first run through the ``C'' preprocessor,
                     33: .IR /lib/cpp ,
                     34: to include any other calendar files
                     35: specified with the usual ``#include'' syntax.
                     36: Included calendars will usually be shared by all users,
                     37: maintained and documented by the local administration.
                     38: .SH FILES
                     39: calendar
                     40: .br
                     41: /usr/lib/calendar to figure out today's and tomorrow's dates
                     42: .br
                     43: /etc/passwd
                     44: .br
                     45: /tmp/cal*
                     46: .br
                     47: /lib/cpp, egrep, sed, mail as subprocesses
                     48: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     49: at(1), cron(8), mail(1)
                     50: .SH BUGS
                     51: .I Calendar's
                     52: extended idea of `tomorrow' doesn't account for
                     53: holidays.

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