4.3BSD-Reno/share/man/cat1/calendar.0

CALENDAR(1)		    UNIX Reference Manual		   CALENDAR(1)

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     ccaalleennddaarr - reminder service

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS
     ccaalleennddaarr [-a]

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     CCaalleennddaarr checks the current directory for a file named named calendar and
     displays lines that begin with either today's date or tomorrow's.	On
     Fridays, events on Friday through Monday are displayed.

     The following options are available:

     --aa        Process the ``calendar'' files of all users and mail the
	       results to them.  This requires super-user privileges.

     A month and day should begin lines.  They may be entered in almost any
     format, either numeric or as character strings.  A single asterisk
     (``*'') matches every month.  A day without a month matches that day of
     every week.  A month without a day matches the first of that month.  Two
     numbers default to the month followed by the day.	Lines with leading
     tabs default to the last entered date, allowing multiple line specifica-
     tions for a single date.  By convention, dates followed by an asterisk
     are not fixed, i.e. change from year to year.

     The ``calendar'' file is preprocessed by cpp(1), allowing the inclusion
     of shared files such as company holidays or meetings.  If the shared file
     is not referenced by a full pathname, cpp(1) searches in the current (or
     home) directory first, and then in the directory /_u_s_r/_s_h_a_r_e/_c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r.
     Empty lines and lines protected by the C commenting syntax (/* ... */)
     are ignored.

     Some possible calendar entries:

	   #include  <calendar.usholiday>
	   #include  <calendar.birthday>

	   6/15      ... June 15 (if ambiguous, will default to month/day).
	   Jun. 15   ... June 15.
	   15 June   ... June 15.
	   Thursday  ... Every Thursday.
	   June      ... Every June 1st.
	   15 *      ... 15th of every month.

FFIILLEESS
     The following default calendar files are provided:

     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._b_i_r_t_h_d_a_y	  Births  and  deaths  of  famous ( and  not- so-
			  famous) people.
     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._c_h_r_i_s_t_i_a_n   Christian holidays.  This calendar should be updated
			  yearly by the local system administrator so that
			  roving holidays are set correctly for the current
			  year.
     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._c_o_m_p_u_t_e_r	  Days of special significance to computer people.
     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._h_i_s_t_o_r_y	  Everything  else,  mostly  U. S. historical events.
     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._h_o_l_i_d_a_y	  Other  holidays,  including  the  not-well-known,
			  obscure, and _r_e_a_l_l_y obscure.
     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._j_u_d_a_i_c	  Jewish holidays.  This calendar should be updated
			  yearly by the local system administrator so that
			  roving holidays are set correctly for the current
			  year.
     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._m_u_s_i_c	  Musical  events,  births, and deaths.  Strongly
			  oriented  toward  rock ' n' roll.
     _c_a_l_e_n_d_a_r._u_s_h_o_l_i_d_a_y   U.S. holidays.  This calendar should be updated
			  yearly by the local system administrator so that
			  roving holidays are set correctly for the current
			  year.


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     at(1), cpp(1), cron(8) mail(1),

CCOOMMPPAATTIIBBIILLIITTYY
     The ccaalleennddaarr program previously selected lines which had the correct date
     anywhere in the line.  This is no longer true, the date is only recog-
     nized when it occurs first on the line.

HHIISSTTOORRYY
     A ccaalleennddaarr command appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.  The version of
     ccaalleennddaarr released with this man page is unrelated.

BBUUGGSS
     CCaalleennddaarr doesn't handle events that move around from year to year, i.e.
     ``the last Monday in April''.