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1 .TH bday 1 VERSION
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2 .SH NAME
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3 bday \- inform about upcoming birthdays and anniversaries
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7 .SH SYNOPSIS
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8 .BR bday\ [ -w
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9 .IR defwarn ]
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13 .SH DESCRIPTION
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14 The
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15 .B bday
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16 command reads standard input which gives a list of birthdays and anniversaries.
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17 It produces a list of events which are coming up within the next few weeks.
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21 .SH OPTIONS
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23 .TP
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24 .BI -w\ warn
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25 Warn
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26 .I warn
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27 days in advance, for entries that have no
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28 .B #w
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29 flag.
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30 If this switch is not specified, it defaults to 14 days.
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34 .SH FILE FORMAT
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36 Each line beginning with a hash sign,
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37 .RB ` # ',
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38 is a comment and will be ignored.
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40 Any other line specifies a date, optional modifiers, and the
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41 name of a person or event.
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42 The date has to be in ISO 8601 date format (YYYY-MM-DD).
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43 The optional modifiers are words, starting with a hash symbol (#).
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44 .TP
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45 Without a modifier, the entry is a birthday.
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46 The year, if given, should be when the person was born.
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47 A line designated as a birthday will produce output like
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48 .B In 3 days: Erin has a birthday.
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49 .PP
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50 The modifiers are:
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51 .TP
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52 .B #ann
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53 This line is an anniversary. The year, if given, should be the year in which the thing happened, producing output like
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54 .B Tomorrow: Pen exploded 3 years ago
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55 given a line such as
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56 .BR "1993-09-12 #ann Pen exploded" .
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57 .TP
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58 .BI #w n
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59 Warn
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60 .I n
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61 days in advance of the date, rather than the default of 14 days or the number given with the
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62 .B -w
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63 flag.
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67 .SH EXAMPLE
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69 1974-04-25 Joe Blow
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73 .SH SEE ALSO
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75 .BR birthday (1),\ cal (1)
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79 .SH BUGS
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80 The program cannot warn more than one year in advance of anything.
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84 .SH CREDITS
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86 This Program is heavily based on birthday. But without all non
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87 essential stuff. Nevertheless, much thanks for birthday, Andy!
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91 .SH AUTHOR
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92 markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
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93 and Andy Mortimer <andy.mortimer@zetnet.co.uk>
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