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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? A Sad Day for Smarty Jones! Post 51935 by Perderabo on Sunday 6th of June 2004 07:12:55 AM

06-06-2004

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I don't follow horse racing. I have barely heard of Smarty Jones. But I still remember Secretariat. He was as big as the Beatles. He won the first two legs of the Triple Crown setting a new record each time. He was proclaimed a super-horse. He was on the cover of Time and Newsweek magizines. There were TV specials devoted to him.... and this was before cable.

I decided to watch that final race of the Triple Crown, still the only horse race I have ever seen. After the first ten feet, it was clear no other horse had a prayer. Of course he won. Of course he set another record. But the other horses were not even in sight. He won by dozens of lengths.

Now that was exciting.

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holidays(4)							   File Formats 						       holidays(4)

NAME

       holidays - prime/nonprime table for the accounting system

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/acct/holidays

DESCRIPTION

       The /etc/acct/holidays file specifies prime time hours and holidays. Holidays and weekends are considered non-prime time hours.

       /etc/acct/holidays is used by the accounting system.

       All lines beginning with an * are comments.

       The  /etc/acct/holidays	file consists of two sections. The first non-comment line defines the current year and the start time of prime and
       non-prime time hours, in the form of:

	 current_year prime_start non_prime_start

       Specify prime_start and non_prime_start times in the range of 0000 to 2400.

       The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form of:

	 month/day company_holiday

       Of these two fields, only the month/day is actually used by the accounting system programs.

       The /etc/acct/holidays file must be updated every year.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1 An Example of the /etc/acct/holidays File

       The following is an example of the /etc/acct/holidays file:

	 * Prime/Nonprime Table for the accounting system
	 *
	 * Curr     Prime     Non-Prime
	 * Year     Start     Start
	 *
	   1991     0830     1800
	 *
	 * only the first column (month/day) is significant.
	 *
	 * month/day	Company Holiday
	 *
	   1/1		New Years Day
	   5/30 	Memorial Day
	   7/4		Indep. Day
	   9/5		Labor Day
	   11/24	Thanksgiving Day
	   11/25	day after Thanksgiving
	   12/25	Christmas
	   12/26	day after Christmas

SEE ALSO

       acct(1M)

SunOS 5.11							    18 Aug 2008 						       holidays(4)