dtcm_insert(1) USER COMMANDS dtcm_insert(1)NAMEdtcm_insert - insert appointments into the calendar database
SYNOPSISdtcm_insert [-c calendar] [-d date] [-s start] [-e end]
[-v view] [-w what]
DESCRIPTION
The dtcm_insert utility is non-GUI interface to the TED
calendar and appointment services, used to add new appoint-
ments to the calendar database via the RPC daemon
rpc.cmsd(1). Appointments are added one at a time. Each of
the components of an appointment is specified using one of
the command-line options. Once an appointment is added, the
list of appointments for the specified date (see the -d and
-v options) is displayed.
OPTIONS
The following options are available:
-c calendar
Specify the name of the target calendar. Calendar
names typically take the form user@hostname, where
user is a user's login name and hostname is the
host machine name. An example is felix@cat. If no
target calendar is specified, the calendar defaults
to the current user at the current host machine.
-d date
Specify the date for the appointment(s) to be
inserted. The date is specified using the form
mm/dd/yy, where mm, dd and yy are the two-digit
month, day and year modulo 100, respectively. Cer-
tain other references such as ``today,'' ``Tues-
day,'' ``tomorrow,'' etc. are correctly calcu-
lated. If no date is specified, date defaults to
today's date.
-s start
Specify the starting time for the appointment. The
time is specified using the form hh:mm. If hh is
greater than 12, 24-hour convention (for example,
15:30 instead of 3:30 pm ) is assumed. If hh is 0
to 12, an optional am or pm suffix can be used,
with or without white space separating the suffix
from the mm. If no suffix is used, am is assumed.
If no starting time is specified, no time is asso-
ciated with the inserted appointment.
-e end
The ending time for the appointment, in the same
format as -s. Specifying an ending time without a
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starting time is an error.
-v view
Specify the view span of appointments to display.
The view option-argument can be:
day Display all appointments for the given
date (see -d option).
week Display the full week that contains
the given date, starting with Sunday.
month Display the entire month that contains
the given date.
-w what
Specify the appointment description text. Up to 5
lines of text can be specified by placing \n (the
literal characters \ and n, not <newline>) between
lines. If not specified, what defaults to Appoint-
ment.
OPERANDS
None.
STDIN
Not used.
INPUT FILES
None.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of
dtcm_insert:
LANG Provide a default value for the interna-
tionalization variables that are unset or
null. If LANG is unset or null, the
corresponding value from the
implementation-specific default locale
will be used. If any of the internation-
alization variables contains an invalid
setting, the utility behaves as if none of
the variables had been defined.
LC_ALL If set to a non-empty string value, over-
ride the values of all the other interna-
tionalization variables.
LC_MESSAGES Determine the locale that is used to
affect the format and contents of diagnos-
tic messages written to standard error and
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informative messages written to standard
output.
NLSPATH Determine the location of message catalo-
gues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
RESOURCES
None.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
The dtcm_insert utility takes the standard action for all
signals.
STDOUT
The standard output contains the list of appointments for
the specified view span, including the appointment just
inserted.
STDERR
Used only for diagnostic messages.
OUTPUT FILES
None.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion.
>0 An error occurred.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default.
FILES
/usr/spool/calendar/callog.username
/usr/dt/bin/rpc.cmsd
APPLICATION USAGE
In the -w option, it may be necessary to escape the \ char-
acter (``\\n'') or enclose the string in quotes to avoid
interpretation by the shell.
EXAMPLES
The simplest form of dtcm_insert has no arguments, where the
user is prompted to enter the appointment, line-by-line:
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Please enter the information for the appointment you wish to add.
Defaults will be shown in parentheses.
Calendar (hlj@poobah):
Date (2/27/1995):
Start (0822): 1200
End (1300):
Repeat (One Time):
What (you may enter up to 5 lines, use ^D to finish):
lunch with the calendar team
at Sparcy's
^D
Appointments for Monday February 27, 1995:
1) 1200- 1300 lunch with the calendar team
at Sparcy's
To insert at a specific time:
dtcm_insert-s "11:00 am"
Appointments for Tuesday September 25, 1990:
1) Appointment
2) 11:00am-12:00pm Appointment
To insert at a specific start and end time:
dtcm_insert-s "11:00 am" -e 11:28am
Appointments for Tuesday September 25, 1990:
1) Appointment
2) 11:00am-11:28am Appointment
To insert at a specific time and date:
dtcm_insert-s 11:00am -d 09/26/90
Appointments for Wednesday September 26, 1990:
1) 11:00am-12:00pm Appointment
To insert at a specific time, date, and message:
dtcm_insert-s "11:00 am" -d 09/26/90 -w "call home"
Appointments for Wednesday September 26, 1990:
1) 11:00am-12:00pm Appointment
2) 11:00am-12:00pm call home
To insert a multiple-line appointment:
dtcm_insert-s 12:00 -w "call dentist\n
no thanks\ncancel appointment"
Appointments for Tuesday September 25, 1990:
1) Appointment
2) 11:00am-12:00pm Appointment
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3) 12:00pm-1:00pm call dentist
no thanks
cancel appointment
SEE ALSOrpc.cmsd(1), dtcm(1), dtcm_admin(1), dtcm_delete(1),
dtcm_lookup(1).
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