NAME¶
xcalev - load xcal calendar files with regular dates
SYNTAX¶
xcalev [
-r ][
-x ][
-f file ][
-d dir
][
year ]
DESCRIPTION¶
Xcalev is used to preload the calendar files for the
xcal program
with regular events in your life. It reads lines from a file (usually called
regular stored in your
Calendar directory. Each line in the file
contains three fields separated by spaces or tabs, these are: a month name, a
day in the month and some text. For example:
December 25 Christmas
Dec 31 New Year's Eve
The order of the month and the day are optional, the program deduces the day by
looking whether the string contains an initial numeric character or not. The
year defaults to the current year unless the program is given a year number as
an argument. This year cannot be abbreviated to two digits because
xcal
deals with years from year zero. There's a rough validity check on this.
The string from the data line is inserted in the appropriate file and will
appear in your
xcal date strip. Nothing will happen if the string
already exists in the file for that day. This means that it's safe to run
xcalev at any time, only the strings that have altered in the
regular file will be updated.
To help with entering the same event for a number of days in one month, you can
give a day range with a hyphen
Jan 16-21 Usenix SF
If you supply the
-r option,
xcalev will delete all the matching
strings that it finds in the appropriate daily file. So, if you want to make
radical changes to the
regular file, you should run
xcalev with
the
-r option to remove all the current entries from one year, edit the
regular file and run
xcalev to reload things.
OPTIONS¶
The
-r option makes
xcalev delete rather than append entries.
The
-x option makes
xcalev operate with Calendar files that are
compatible with the
xcalendar program.
The
-f switch is followed by a filename gives an alternative name for the
regular file. If the filename does not start with a slash or a dot,
then the name of your Calendar directory will be prepended to it.
The
-d switch is followed by a directory name and specifies an alterative
location for your Calendar directory. Your home directory is prepended if the
name doesn't start with a slash or a dot.
FILES¶
$HOME/Calendar/∗
- xc<dd><Mon><Year>
- A data file is day, Month in three letter format and the
year.
- xy<Year>
- A year directory.
- xw<Day>
- A data file for the weekly code, one per day.
SEE ALSO¶
xcal(1),
xcalpr(1),
xcal_cal(1)
AUTHOR¶
Copyright 1993 by Peter Collinson, Hillside Systems All rights reserved.