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28.Dd April 28, 1995
29.Dt LEAVE 1
30.Os
31.Sh NAME
32.Nm leave
33.Nd remind you when you have to leave
34.Sh SYNOPSIS
35.Nm
36.Op Oo Cm \&+ Oc Ns Ar hhmm
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40utility waits until the specified time, then reminds you that you
41have to leave.
42You are reminded 5 minutes and 1 minute before the actual
43time, at the time, and every minute thereafter.
44When you log off,
45.Nm
46exits just before it would have
47printed the next message.
48.Pp
49The following options are available:
50.Bl -tag -width indent
51.It Ar hhmm
52The time of day is in the form
53.Ar hhmm
54where
55.Ar hh
56is a time in
57hours (on a 12 or 24 hour clock), and
58.Ar mm
59are minutes.
60All times are converted to a 12 hour clock, and assumed to
61be in the next 12 hours.
62.It Cm \&+
63If the time is preceded by
64.Sq Cm \&+ ,
65the alarm will go off in hours and minutes
66from the current time.
67.El
68.Pp
69If no argument is given,
70.Nm
71prompts with "When do you
72have to leave?".
73A reply of newline causes
74.Nm
75to exit,
76otherwise the reply is assumed to be a time.
77This form is suitable for inclusion in a
78.Pa .login
79or
80.Pa .profile .
81.Pp
82To get rid of
83.Nm
84you should either log off or use
85.Ql kill \-s KILL
86giving its process id.
87.Sh SEE ALSO
88.Xr calendar 1
89.Sh HISTORY
90The
91.Nm
92command appeared in
93.Bx 3.0 .
94