[Remind-Fans] Can I have a message and run a command on a reminder?

[Don Harper]

On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 07:15:57AM -0500, David F. Skoll wrote to To Users of the:
> David Creelman wrote:

> > Is there some way I can have a message (so that it will show up on a calendar)
> > and a RUN, so I can send myself reminder emails ?

> A few of possibilities:

> 1) REM .. RUN some_command %"with arguments%"

> will make everything between %"...%" show up on the calendar.

> 2) Use two REM commands:
>    REM ... RUN command
>    REM ... MSG foo

> 3) An IFTRIG block:
>    IFTRIG ...
>        REM RUN cmd
>        REM MSG foo
>    ENDIF

> (not recommended, though; it breaks the substitution filter.)

> Regards,

> David.

Or, from my .bash_profile:
if ! pgrep remind >& /dev/null
then
    TZ=CDT6CST ~/bin/remind -z -k"echo %s | Mail -s rem my at email.com &" ~/.reminders &
fi

Now, if you only want email reminders for some, then David suggestions
might be better...

don

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