From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 31 14:40:04 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 642F51065670 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:40:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frank@esperance-linux.co.uk) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (asmtp1.iomartmail.com [62.128.201.248]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA7B78FC19 for ; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:40:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from asmtp1.iomartmail.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6VEe1BT022721; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:40:01 +0100 Received: from orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (80-45-152-196.static.dsl.as9105.com [80.45.152.196]) (authenticated bits=0) by asmtp1.iomartmail.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id o6VEe0p0022716; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:40:01 +0100 Received: by orange.esperance-linux.co.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 92A1E33C3D; Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:40:00 +0100 (BST) Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:40:00 +0100 From: Frank Shute To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Message-ID: <20100731144000.GA72402@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: perryh@pluto.rain.com, kline@thought.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100729020446.GA14825@thought.org> <20100729154316.GA14636@orange.esperance-linux.co.uk> <4c523414.+6ssV66YESO4HEsi%perryh@pluto.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4c523414.+6ssV66YESO4HEsi%perryh@pluto.rain.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Face: *}~{PHnDTzvXPe'wl_-f%!@+r5; VLhb':*DsX%wEOPg\fDrXWQJf|2\,92"DdS%63t*BHDyQ|OWo@Gfjcd72eaN!4%NE{0]p)ihQ1MyFNtWL X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE amd64 X-Organisation: 'shute.org.uk' Cc: kline@thought.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ok, i give up... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Frank Shute List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:40:04 -0000 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. Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html