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ALARM [OS/2 ONLY]
NAME ALARM - Show an alarm to the user at a specified
time.
SYNTAX
alarm [/H | /?]OR
alarm time "message with \n between lines" OR
alarm /F alarm-file
USAGE
Alarm is used to show the user alarm popup messages at
requested times. You can for example use it to create a
to-do list for each day, and have it remond you of
activities.
Alarm can read the time and message either from the
command line or from a file. The format supported for
time are the sama as for the at-command. First format is
given in hh:mm:ss and the second format is +hh:mm:ss,
where time is relative to the current time.
Different lines of the messages are separated with \n.
This is true both for messages on the command line and
for messages in a file.
EXAMPLES
1) Alarm me at 14:00 about a meeting
detach alarm 13:45 "\nTime to leave for meeting!\n"
SEE ALSO
at, alarm-file format