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