DIAREM - Diary Reminder System ver 0.6 ------------------------------ by CLAUDIO BARCA (c) 2002 released under GPL licence. For further information: http://www.fsf.org ------------------------------ DIAREM is a simple perl script that allow to see your personal appointment, add and delete them using the command line and be advised by a mail about them. The diary file that diarem creates is compatible with the calendar of GNU Emacs, but you have to modify the variable "calendar-date-display-form" in: ((if dayname (concat dayname ", ")) year "-" month "-" day) HOW TO INSTALL IT: 1) modify the file "diarem", changing the first values with yours. 2) copy (or link) the file "diarem" to your binary path (usually /usr/bin/). 3) to see your appointments everytime you login a terminal (or an x-term) add the line: diarem to your .bashrc file. 4) to be advised about your appointments with a mail add the line: diarem mail to your cronjob daily file. HOW TO USE IT: To see your appointments: $ diarem To add an occurrence for next monday: $ diarem mon "fabulous party" (use the first 3 letters of the day in your own language !!!) To add an occurrence for 1st may 2003: $ diarem 2003-04-25 "revolution!!!" (the date is in ISO format) if the current month is April, you can write just: $ diarem 25 "revolution!!!" To delete the occurrences matching to a string: $ diarem delete "STRING" (case sensitive) To send a mail to your local address (if there are any occurrences for today): $ diarem mail