LEAVE

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BSD mandoc

NAME

leave - remind you when you have to leave

SYNOPSIS

leave [[+ ] hhmm ]

DESCRIPTION

Leave waits until the specified time, then reminds you that you have to leave. You are reminded 5 minutes and 1 minute before the actual time, at the time, and every minute thereafter. When you log off, leave exits just before it would have printed the next message.

Options:

hhmm: The time of day is in the form hhmm where hh is a time in hours (on a 12 or 24 hour clock), and mm are minutes. All times are converted to a 12 hour clock, and assumed to be in the next 12 hours.
+: If the time is preceeded by `+ ' , the alarm will go off in hours and minutes from the current time.

If no argument is given, leave prompts with "When do you have to leave?". A reply of newline causes leave to exit, otherwise the reply is assumed to be a time. This form is suitable for inclusion in a .login or .profile.

Leave ignores interrupts, quits, and terminates. To get rid of it you should either log off or use `kill' -9 giving its process id.

HISTORY

The leave command appeared in BSD 3.0