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- ALARM-FILE FORMAT [OS/2 ONLY]
-
- NAME ALARM FILE FORMAT - This document describes the
- alarm-commands file format
-
- SYNTAX
-
- # comment line
- ; comment line
- CONTINUE
- QUIT
- BREAK
- time message
- +time message
-
- USAGE
-
- Alarm can be given its arguments in a file. You can
- comment out lines by preceding them with either # or ;-
- characters. This is an easy way to temporarily disable
- some commands.
-
- The CONTINUE-command is most useful at the end of the
- file. When this command is read, the file is started
- again from the beginning. You can use it situations where
- the machine is not shut down for the night and you want
- to have the same alarms every day.
-
- When the QUIT or BREAK keywords are recognized, the file
- is immediately closed and the alarm-command stopped.
-
- Two time formats are supported. The first list the
- absolute time in hh:mm:ss -format, where hh=hour,
- mm=minute, ss=second. The time is parsed from left to
- right. That is a two part time represents hh:mm and a one
- part time represents hours only. The time format is
- parsed from left to righ. That means that a two part time
- entry is understood as hh:mm and one part time entry is
- hh.
-
- The second format is given relative to the current time.
- This format is identical to the first format, except that
- it starts with a plus (+).
-
- EXAMPLES
- 11:00:00\n\n Lunch!
- 13:00:00 Call George
- 17:00:00 \n\n The day is done.
-
-
- SEE ALSO
- until, at
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