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- ALARM [OS/2 ONLY]
-
- NAME ALARM - Show an alarm to the user at a specified
- time.
-
- SYNTAX
-
- alarm [/H | /?]OR
- alarm time "message with \n between lines" OR
- alarm /F alarm-file
-
- USAGE
-
- Alarm is used to show the user alarm popup messages at
- requested times. You can for example use it to create a
- to-do list for each day, and have it remond you of
- activities.
-
- Alarm can read the time and message either from the
- command line or from a file. The format supported for
- time are the sama as for the at-command. First format is
- given in hh:mm:ss and the second format is +hh:mm:ss,
- where time is relative to the current time.
-
- Different lines of the messages are separated with \n.
- This is true both for messages on the command line and
- for messages in a file.
-
- EXAMPLES
- 1) Alarm me at 14:00 about a meeting
- detach alarm 13:45 "\nTime to leave for meeting!\n"
-
-
- SEE ALSO
- at, alarm-file format
-