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- From: ralf@fester.dell.com (Raymond La France - X2787)
- Subject: Re: reminder script
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- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 16:11:47 GMT
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- mikeg@asylum.tmc.edu (Michael Grabenstein) writes:
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- > Ok, I need an easy little program that I can get cron
- >to run that will remind me when to do various things. (Ie. change
- >the tapes in the system X, go get pay check, etc...) I could
- >write this, but I figure someone has already done it, so rather
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >than re-inventing the wheel... Anyone have such a nifty script?
- >It can be a csh, ksh, or sh script, or even a 'c' program.
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- You figured right. See calendar(1) in your man pages. Every UNIX
- implementation I've ever seen has this reminder service included.
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- RTFM!
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