bsd man page for vacation

VACATION(1)						      General Commands Manual						       VACATION(1)

NAME
       vacation - return ``I am on vacation'' indication

SYNOPSIS
       vacation -I
       vacation user

DESCRIPTION
       Vacation returns a message to the sender of a message telling that you are on vacation.	The intended use is in a .forward file.  For exam-
       ple, your .forward file might have:

	    eric, "|vacation eric"

       which would send messages to you (assuming your login name was eric) and send a message back to the sender.

       Vacation expects a file .vacation.msg in your home directory containing a message to be sent back to each sender.  It should be	an  entire
       message (including headers).  For example, it might say:

	    From: eric@ucbmonet.Berkeley.EDU (Eric Allman)
	    Subject: I am on vacation
	    Delivered-By-The-Graces-Of: the Vacation program

	    I am on vacation until July 22.  If you have something urgent,
	    please contact Joe Kalash <kalash@ucbingres.Berkeley.EDU>.
		 --eric

       This  message  will  only  be  sent  once a week to each unique sender.	The people who have sent you messages are kept in the files .vaca-
       tion.pag and .vacation.dir in your home directory.  The -I option initializes these files, and should be executed before  you  modify  your
       .forward file.

       If  the	-I  flag  is  not specified, vacation reads the first line from the standard input for a UNIX-style ``From'' line to determine the
       sender.	If this is not present, a nasty diagnostic is produced.  Sendmail(8) includes the ``From'' line automatically.

       No message is sent if the initial ``From'' line includes the string ``-REQUEST@'' or if a ``Precedence: bulk'' or ``Precedence: junk'' line
       is included in the header.

SEE ALSO
       sendmail(8)

4.3 Berkeley Distribution					   June 16, 1985						       VACATION(1)