Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:08:10 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ok, i give up... Message-ID: <20100731190810.GA67585@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20100731144000.GA72402@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> References: <20100729020446.GA14825@thought.org> <20100729154316.GA14636@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4c523414.%2B6ssV66YESO4HEsi%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20100731144000.GA72402@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk>
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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 <frank@shute.org.uk> 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 > > > > > > > > <QUOTE> > > > > > > > > # 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" > > > > > > > > </QUOTE> > > ... > > > 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
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