leave(1) General Commands Manual leave(1)
Name
leave - remind you when you have to leave
Syntax
leave [ hhmm ]
Description
The command waits until the specified time, then reminds you that you have to leave. You are reminded 5 minutes and 1 minute before the
actual time, at the time, and every minute thereafter. When you log off, exits just before it would have printed the next message.
The time of day is in the form hhmm where hh is a time in hours (on a 12 or 24 hour clock). All times are converted to a 12 hour clock,
and assumed to be in the next 12 hours.
If no argument is given, prompts with ``When do you have to leave?''. A reply of newline causes to exit, otherwise the reply is assumed to
be a time. This form is suitable for inclusion in a or
Leave ignores interrupts, quits, and terminates. To get rid of it you should either log off or use ``kill -9'' giving its process ID.
See Also
calendar(1)
leave(1)
