[Remind-Fans] Schedule an Advance notification in daemon mode

[Joe M]

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:34 PM, David F. Skoll <dfs at roaringpenguin.com> wrote:

>> I am trying to add a reminder that can show an Advance warning for the
>> birthday in daemon mode.
>
> Remind's not designed for that; it only queues up timed reminders for
> today, regardless of the delta.
>
>> REM 10 October 2013 +5 *1 MSG joe birthday [when_msg]
>
> In non-daemon mode, you'll get a reminder from the 5th to the 10th,
> but in daemon mode, it will only pop up on the 10th itself.
>
>> But, in daemon mode, with -dextvlf settings all I get is an entry
>> <file(line number)>: Trig = Thursday, 10 October, 2013 and nothing
>> about any triggers for the advance notifications.
>
> Yep, daemon mode does not queue up reminders except on their actual
> trigger date.

Thanks, that helped.

Joe