[Remind-Fans] Looking for a way to specify a certain number of reminders

nicerobot org.whatexit at nicerobot.org
Sun Mar 22 17:26:25 EDT 2009


Thanks. That'll work though It's not really idea to have to specify the
trigger date twice.

Any idea why "UNTIL [trigdate() + 21]" doesn't work?

Thanks again.

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On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 14:34, David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>wrote:

> nicerobot wrote:
>
> > REM Mar 22 2009 *7 x4 ...
>
> > where x4 means 4 times.
>
> > The point being, i don't want to have to know the date that it stops
> > repeating when i know i just want it to be 4 times.
>
> So then, have Remind calculate the stopping date:
>
> REM Mar 22 2009 *7 UNTIL [trigger('2009-03-22' + 21)] MSG foo
>
> Note: 21, not 28, if you want four repetitions.
>
> -- David.
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