From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 31 19:08:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FBE3106566C for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:08:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from ethic.thought.org (plato.thought.org [209.180.213.209]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7A518FC15 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:08:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by ethic.thought.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o6VJ8B47089906; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:08:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:08:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:08:10 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100731190810.GA67585@thought.org> References: <20100729020446.GA14825@thought.org> <20100729154316.GA14636@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4c523414.+6ssV66YESO4HEsi%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20100731144000.GA72402@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100731144000.GA72402@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 24 years of service to the Unix community. Cc: Subject: Re: ok, i give up... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:08:13 -0000 On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 03:40:00PM +0100, Frank Shute wrote: > On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:08:20PM -0700, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > > > > Frank Shute wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 07:04:51PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > > > > guys, i've been searching for a calender/reminder prog > > > > than i had YEARS ago. cannot find. > > > > > > > > it had a ~/.datafile that was ascii. things like > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > # Bill's birthday: > > > > 08 08 echo "Send Bill a birthday card. > > > > > > > > # watch one-time broadcast!! > > > > 08 09 2010 echo: "Watch PBS show at 20:00 hours" > > > > > > > > > > ... > > > deskutils/ical ? > > > > Good program, but probably not what the OP had in mind. > > ical's .calendar file, while ascii, is in a structured > > format which would be a bit of a pain to edit by hand; > > and I don't recall its being set up to send email. > > > > No, it's not able to send email AFAIK. > > If Gary just wants reminders of when to take pills, then I would > recommend him to use at(1) and get it to call a file which calls > xmessage at the correct times of day. E.g. that file contains: > > export DISPLAY=":0.0" > xmessage -geom 100x100+100+100 "Take pills!" > > or if you want to use email use mail(1) and at(1) > > I don't think anybodys mentioned at(1). It's in base and not a port, > xmessage is a port. > This might work for ssomething like a reminder to down my pills. I completely forgot about 'at'. :- ) gary > > Regards, > > -- > > Frank > > Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html > > -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix The 7.83a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php http://journey.thought.org 99 44/100% Guaranteed Novel