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34.\"	@(#)leave.1	8.3 (Berkeley) 4/28/95
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36.Dd April 28, 1995
37.Dt LEAVE 1
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm leave
41.Nd remind you when you have to leave
42.Sh SYNOPSIS
43.Nm
44.Sm off
45.Oo
46.Op Cm \&+
47.Ns Ar hhmm
48.Oc
49.Sm on
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51.Nm
52waits until the specified time, then reminds you that you
53have to leave.
54You are reminded 5 minutes and 1 minute before the actual
55time, at the time, and every minute thereafter.
56When you log off,
57.Nm
58exits just before it would have
59printed the next message.
60.Pp
61Options:
62.Pp
63.Bl -tag -width flag
64.It Ar hhmm
65The time of day is in the form
66.Ar hhmm
67where
68.Ar hh
69is a time in
70hours (on a 12 or 24 hour clock), and
71.Ar mm
72are minutes.
73All times are converted to a 12 hour clock, and assumed to
74be in the next 12 hours.
75.It Cm \&+
76If the time is preceded by
77.Ql Cm \&+ ,
78the alarm will go off in hours and minutes
79from the current time.
80.El
81.Pp
82If no argument is given,
83.Nm
84prompts with "When do you
85have to leave?". A reply of newline causes
86.Nm
87to exit,
88otherwise the reply is assumed to be a time.
89This form is suitable for inclusion in a
90.Pa .login
91or
92.Pa .profile.
93.Pp
94Leave ignores interrupts, quits, and terminates.
95To get rid of it you should either log off or use
96.Ql kill \-s KILL
97giving its process id.
98.Sh SEE ALSO
99.Xr calendar 1
100.Sh HISTORY
101The
102.Nm
103command appeared in
104.Bx 3.0 .
105