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LEAVE(1)                  BSD General Commands Manual                 LEAVE(1)

NAME
     leave -- remind you when you have to leave

SYNOPSIS
     leave [[+]hhmm]

DESCRIPTION
     leave waits until the specified time, then reminds you that you have to leave.  You are reminded 5 min-utes minutes
     utes and 1 minute before the actual time, at the time, and every minute thereafter.  When you log off,
     leave exits just before it would have printed the next message.

     Options:

     hhmm  The time of day is in the form hhmm where hh is a time in hours (on a 12 or 24 hour clock), and
           mm are minutes.  All times are converted to a 12 hour clock, and assumed to be in the next 12
           hours.

     +     If the time is preceded by `+', the alarm will go off in hours and minutes from the current time.

     If no argument is given, leave prompts with "When do you have to leave?". A reply of newline causes
     leave to exit, otherwise the reply is assumed to be a time.  This form is suitable for inclusion in a
     .login or .profile.

     Leave ignores interrupts, quits, and terminates.  To get rid of it you should either log off or use
     `kill -s KILL' giving its process id.

SEE ALSO
     calendar(1)

HISTORY
     The leave command appeared in 3.0BSD.

BSD                             April 28, 1995                             BSD