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Homework and Emergencies Homework & Coursework Questions at reminder script Post 302565233 by csharp100 on Monday 17th of October 2011 10:34:42 AM

10-17-2011

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Got it! Here is the correct code. Still needs some efficiency put into it but it will work for the time being.

Code:

#!/usr/dt/bin/dtksh
# Alertme.p1 program, version 0.7
# Author - Clint Sharp
# This program is interactive and will alert the user
# if they are online at more than one terminal. It will also mail the
# user at the mail address associated with the user id.
mkdir ~/Msgs
echo "\nEnter your reminder message.
When finished, enter a period (.) at
the beginning of a line and press <ENTER>.
(Or press Ctrl-C to exit the script)\n"
while :
do
    read MESSAGE
    if [ "$MESSAGE" = "." ]
    then
        break
    else
        echo $MESSAGE >> ~/Msgs/message.$$
    fi
done
echo "\nEnter the time and day you want to
receive the message, for example:
0815am Jun 14
8:15am Jun 14
now + 1 day
5 pm Friday
8:15am 6/14/2011
Then press <ENTER>\n"
read TIME
echo "\nAt $TIME mail or write $LOGNAME ~/Msgs/message.$$\n"
at -k $TIME << EOF
if ! who | grep ^$LOGNAME > /dev/null; then
mail $LOGNAME < ~/Msgs/message.$$
fi
if [ `who | grep -c "$LOGNAME"` -gt 0 ]; then
who | cut -c1-20 | grep $LOGNAME | cut -c12-20 | while read LINE
#while read inputline
do
    write $LOGNAME \$LINE < ~/Msgs/message.$$ > /dev/null 2>&1
done
fi
rm -r ~/Msgs

exit 0
EOF

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RNMAIL(1)						      General Commands Manual							 RNMAIL(1)

NAME

       Rnmail - a program for replying via mail

SYNOPSIS

       Rnmail destination_list
	 or
       Rnmail -h headerfile [oldarticle]
	 or
       Rnmail

DESCRIPTION

       Rnmail  is  a friendly interface for mailing replies to news articles.  It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your letter,
       and then mail it off.  If you type h and a carriage return at any point, Rnmail will tell you what it wants to know.

       The -h form is used when invoked from rn.  If your editor can edit multiple files, and you want the article to which you  are  replying	to
       show  up  as  an  alternate  file, define the environment variable MAILPOSTER as "Rnmail -h %h %A".  You can also modify the the MAILHEADER
       environment variable to change the header file that rn passes to Rnmail.

ENVIRONMENT

       DOTDIR  If defined, specifies a place other than your home directory where 'dot' files may be stored.  This is primarily for accounts which
	       are shared by more than one person.

	       Default: $HOME

       EDITOR  The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.

	       Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi.

       HOME    Your home directory.

	       Default: $LOGDIR

       LOGDIR  Your home directory if HOME is undefined.

       LOGNAME Your login name, if USER is undefined.

	       Default: value of "whoami".

       MAILRECORD
	       If defined, contains the name of a file to which the finished message will be appended.

	       Default: message not saved

       ORGANIZATION
	       Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the name of your organization.

	       Default: whatever your news administrator chose.

       USER    Your login name.

	       Default: $LOGNAME

       VISUAL  The editor you want to use.

	       Default: $EDITOR

FILES

       $DOTDIR/.letter
       ~/dead.letter

SEE ALSO

       rn(1), Pnews(1), mail(1)

DIAGNOSTICS

BUGS

       Uses /bin/mail in the absence of sendmail.

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