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<h2>atfile</h2>

<p>This program is a small utility that helps keep track of future
dates.  It would be difficult to achieve the same with cron or at
alone hence a new program.</p>

<p>The main purpose of <code>atfile</code> is to send mail when a date
is due.  When it is run each morning you'll see important dates you
may have forgotton early.</p>

<p>To achieve this the program looks for a file in
<code>~/etc/atfile</code> that matches the current date and may have
an arbitrary appendix.  Such atfiles may contain a Subject:, From: and
To: line to control how and where the mail is sent.  By using an
appendix it is possible to have several concurring dates on a day.
If you want to get a reminder a few days before the real date, just
create a hardlink with a different date.  The atfile will be removed
once it has been processed.</p>

<p><a href="http://cvs.infodrom.org/misc/atfile?cvsroot=infodrom">CVS</a>.
<p><a href="http://cvs.infodrom.org/~checkout~/misc/atfile?rev=HEAD&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=infodrom">Download</a>.

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