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1.1       root        1: .TH CALENDAR 1  "29 March 1982"
                      2: .UC 4.2 Provisional
                      3: .SH NAME
                      4: calendar \- reminder service
                      5: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      6: .B calendar
                      7: [ \- ]
                      8: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      9: .I Calendar 
                     10: consults the file `calendar' in the current directory
                     11: and prints out lines that contain today's or
                     12: tomorrow's date anywhere in the line.
                     13: Most reasonable month-day dates such as `Dec. 7,'
                     14: `december 7,' `12/7,' etc., are recognized, but not
                     15: `7 December' or `7/12'.
                     16: If you give the month as ``*''
                     17: with a date, i.e. ``* 1'', that day in any month will do.
                     18: On weekends `tomorrow' extends through Monday.
                     19: .PP
                     20: When 
                     21: an argument is present,
                     22: .I calendar
                     23: does its job for every user
                     24: who has a file `calendar' in his login directory
                     25: and sends him any positive results by
                     26: .IR mail (1).
                     27: Normally this is done daily in the wee hours under control of
                     28: .IR cron (8).
                     29: .PP
                     30: The file `calendar' is first run through the ``C'' preprocessor,
                     31: .IR /lib/cpp ,
                     32: to include any other calendar files
                     33: specified with the usual ``#include'' syntax.
                     34: Included calendars will usually be shared by all users,
                     35: maintained and documented by the local administration.
                     36: .SH FILES
                     37: calendar
                     38: .br
                     39: /usr/lib/calendar to figure out today's and tomorrow's dates
                     40: .br
                     41: /etc/passwd
                     42: .br
                     43: /tmp/cal*
                     44: .br
                     45: /lib/cpp, egrep, sed, mail as subprocesses
                     46: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     47: at(1), cron(8), mail(1)
                     48: .SH BUGS
                     49: .I Calendar's
                     50: extended idea of `tomorrow' doesn't account for
                     51: holidays.

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