4.3BSD - /usr/man/cat1/vacation.0

VACATION(1)                                                        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 example,
       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 mes‐
       sage (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 .vacation.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)