NAME¶
leave —
remind you when you have to leave
SYNOPSIS¶
DESCRIPTION¶
leave waits until the specified time (within
the next 12 hours), then reminds you that you have to leave by writing to the
TTY that you executed
leave on.
You are reminded 5 minutes and 1 minute before the actual time, at the time, and
every minute thereafter. When you log off,
leave exits just before it would have
printed the next message.
OPTIONS¶
- hhmm
- The time of day is in the form hhmm where
hh is a time in hours (on a 12 or 24 hour
clock), and mm are minutes.
However, all times are converted to a 12 hour clock, and assumed to be in
the next 12 hours. An attempt to set an alarm for farther into the future
will be truncated to within the next 12 hours.
+- If the time is preceded by
‘
+
If no argument is given,
leave prompts with
"When do you have to leave?" A reply of newline causes
leave to exit, otherwise the reply is
assumed to be a time. This form is suitable for inclusion in a
~/.login or
~/.profile.
SEE ALSO¶
calendar(1),
csh(1),
sh(1)
HISTORY¶
The
leave command appeared in
3.0BSD.
BUGS¶
In the modern age with
X(1) and window multiplexing
programs like
window(1) and
screen(1), the
leave command's reminders and admonitions
might not be seen if the user has the window where
leave was started minimized or obscured.
This all begs for a more general user notifications system to be
implemented.
