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dtcm_insert(1)
CDE
NAME
dtcm_insert - insert appointments into the calendar database
SYNOPSIS
dtcm_insert [-c calendar] [-d date] [-e end] [-s start] [-v view] [-w what]
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 the login name of the user 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 appointments 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 and / is a valid
date separator. The date separator can be one of the following: blank (
), period (.), forward slash (/), or dash (-). Certain other references
such as today, Tuesday, or tomorrow are correctly calculated. 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 is
assumed. (For example, 15:30 instead of 3:30 pm). 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 associated with
the inserted appointment.
-e end
The ending time for the appointment, in the same format as -s.
Specifying an ending time without a 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 Appointment.
OPERANDS
None
DESCRIPTION
The dtcm_insert utility is the non-GUI interface to the CDE calendar and
appointment services. It is used to add new appointments to the calendar
database through 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.
EXTENDED DESCRIPTION
None
STDIN
Not used
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.
ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS
The dtcm_insert utility takes the standard action for all signals.
CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS
Default
APPLICATION USAGE
In the -w option, it may be necessary to escape the \ character (\\n) or
enclose the string in quotes (``\n'') to avoid interpretation by the shell.
RESOURCES
None
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The following environment variables affect the execution of dtcm_insert:
LANG
Provides a default value for the internationalization variables that
are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value
from the implementation-specific default locale is used. If any of the
internationalization 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, overrides the values of all the
other internationalization variables.
LC_MESSAGES
Determines the locale that is used to affect the format and contents of
diagnostic messages written to standard error and informative messages
written to standard output.
NLSPATH
Determines the location of message catalogues for the processing of
LC_MESSAGES.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful completion
>0 An error occurred
EXAMPLES
The simplest form of dtcm_insert has no arguments, where the user is
prompted to enter the appointment, line-by-line:
dtcm_insert
Please enter the information for the appointment you want 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
3) 12:00pm-1:00pm call dentist
no thanks
cancel appointment
INPUT FILES
None
OUTPUT FILES
None
FILES
/usr/spool/calendar/callog.username
/usr/dt/bin/rpc.cmsd
SEE ALSO
rpc.cmsd(1m), dtcm(1), dtcm_delete(1), dtcm_lookup(1)
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