Re: Thanks to all -- Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?

2020-08-15 Thread Paul M Foster
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 08:46:18AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:

> "remind" is the appropriate tool.
> It does NOT rely on anything other than computer being turned on.
> With appropriate script it can "nag" me  ;}
> q.v.
> https://manpages.debian.org/buster/remind/remind.1.en.html
> https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/

FWIW, I run remind as a personal cron job every day, and have it email
me the results of today's reminders. Incredibly useful. I also wrote a
web front end for it which looks a lot nicer than tkremind. It can't
update the reminders, but it does show them in a nice calendar format on
a web page.

Paul


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Thanks to all -- Re: Does Debian have a "nag" tool?

2020-08-15 Thread Richard Owlett

"remind" is the appropriate tool.
It does NOT rely on anything other than computer being turned on.
With appropriate script it can "nag" me  ;}
q.v.
https://manpages.debian.org/buster/remind/remind.1.en.html
https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/

On 08/15/2020 06:30 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:

Just missed girlfriend's birthday by 6 weeks :{
[just sent a 'mea culpa' email.]
Is there a better tool than "cron"?

Just looked at its manpage.
I'm looking for something slightly different.

Independent of when I turn on or first do something after midnight on a 
specific date I want a reminder to be displayed unless I have taken a 
specific action.


As:
  1. I've known her for > 30 years.
  2. I'm a _senior_ citizen.
  3. She is a decade younger.
I am about to receive just retribution.
   [She'll claim I'm forgiven due to senility.]

Wish to prevent such a response next year ;/

TIA