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.