Managing Appointments
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Including other calendar files
The calendar package comes with several calendar files, stored in
/usr/share/calendar, containing dates for many different occasions:
calendar.birthday |
Births and deaths of famous people. |
calendar.christian |
Christian holidays. |
calendar.computer |
Significant dates in the history of computing. |
calendar.history |
Dates of US historical events. |
calendar.holiday |
Standard and obscure holidays. |
calendar.judaic |
Jewish holidays. |
calendar.music |
Dates related to music, mostly 60s rock. |
calendar.usholiday |
US holidays. |
calendar.hindu |
Hindu holidays. |
To have calendar output dates from one of these files,
put the following in your calendar file:
#include <filename>
where filename is the name of the calendar file.
For example, to output both US holidays and famous births and
deaths when you run calendar, put these lines somewhere
in your calendar file:
#include <calendar.usholiday>
#include <calendar.birthday>And, of course, you can share your own calendar files with other
users; this is useful for making special calendars for a group or
organization. If the calendar file is in the current directory or
/usr/share/calendar, you can just give the file name; otherwise, give
its full path name in the include statement.
Automatic reminders
If you run the bash shell, you can put
calendar in your .bashrc file to output the day's
reminders every time you log in or start a new shell.
If you keep your calendar file in a directory other than your home
directory, make sure that calendar is called from that
directory. For example, if your calendar file is in your ~/doc/etc
directory, you'd put the following in your .bashrc file:
cd ~/doc/etc; calendar; cd
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