[Remind-Fans] Beginner help

[David Rogers]

hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz at depesz.com> writes:

> Hi, I did just setup some reminders: ... 

> Now, questions: 1. last four reminders are about the same thing, 
> that happens every 
>    3 months. Can it be written in a smarter way? 
> 2. when I run: 
>    remind .reminders to see what's on todays reminders, a 
>    process is forked off to background.  I found out that if I 
>    did remind -f -q ... - there was no process left, but the 
>    question is: what is the point of this backend process.  what 
>    can it do, in what cases it is useful? 
> 3. I plan to setup running remind -z in background, with some 
> command to 
>    let me know about when timed events happen plus have a 
>    cronjob, that runs daily "remind -f -q .reminders" sending me 
>    the list for today.  is it sane? am i missing something? how 
>    do you run automatic reminders? 
> 4. There is this reminder +1140 - the idea is that it should 
> remind me 
>    about a thing that happens on wednesday at 4pm, and it should 
>    do so from 9pm on tuesdays. given the setup in #3 - when will 
>    be messages sent to me from "remind -z"? at tue/9pm and wed 
>    4pm only? can it be made to send the notifications more often 
>    (for example, every hour?) 
> 
> i know that these are very basic questions - i'm just starting 
> to learn remind, and so far i like it a lot. 



Quick answers to some of these questions (plus other interesting 
material) 
can be found at the following link (it's old but still mostly 
useful): 

http://wiki.43folders.com/index.php/Remind_FAQ

-- 
David