06-24-2005
Check out this command
date '+%a'
this will return the current day.
Their are other options too. Check out the man page of date command
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widget_calendar
widget_calendar(n) widget::calendar Megawidget widget_calendar(n)
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME
widget_calendar - widget::calendar Megawidget
SYNOPSIS
package require Tcl 8.4
package require Tk 8.4
package require widget ?3.0?
widget::calendar pathname ?options?
_________________________________________________________________
DESCRIPTION
This package provides a calendar megawidget (snidget).
widget::calendar pathname ?options?
WIDGET OPTIONS
-command
A script to evaluate when a date was selected.
-dateformat
The format of the date that is returned. Default: %m/%d/%Y.
-firstday
Set first day the week, Either sunday or monday. It defaults to monday.
-font Select the font used in the widget. It defaults to Helvetica 9.
-highlightcolor
Selects the background color for the day that has been selected. Default: #FFCC00
-language
Specify language of the calendar contents. The language is specified by abbreviations of the languge, for example: en - english, de
- german ... It defaults to en.
Supported languages: en, de, fr, it, es, pt, ru, sv, zh, fi
-shadecolor
Selects the color of the parts that have a shaded background. Default: #888888
-showpast
Specify if the past shall be shown. It is a boolean value and defaults to 1.
-textvariable
Specifies the name of a variable whose value is linked to the entry widget's contents. Whenever the variable changes value, the
widget's contents are updated, and vice versa.
WIDGET COMMAND
pathname get ?what?
Returns a part of the selected date or 'all'. The argument what selects the part. Valid values for what are: day, month, year and all.
'all' is the default and returns the complete date in the format given with -dateformat.
DEFAULT BINDINGS
On creation of the calendar widget the following bindings are installed.
o Up - Move to week before current date
o Down - Move to week after current date
o Left - Move to day before current date
o Right - Move to day after current date
o Control-Left - Move to month before current date
o Control-Right - Move to month after current date
o Control-Up - Move to year before current date
o Control-Down - Move to year after current date
EXAMPLE
package require widget::calendar ; # or widget::all
set t [widget::calendar .t]
pack $t -fill x -expand 1
KEYWORDS
megawidget, snit, widget
widget 0.93 widget_calendar(n)