Re: problem with /usr/bin/calendar

[Sascha Wildner <saw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jon Drews wrote:
> DragonFly 1.6.0-RELEASE i386
>
> Hi:
>
>  I am having a minor problem with the calendar utility (man 1
> calendar). I have created a ~/.calendar/calendar file but when I type:
> $ calendar
>
>  I get the entries for all the calendars stored in
> /usr/share/calendar. I moved /usr/share/calendar/calendar.all to a
> different file name and then ran $ calendar. Nothing appeared so it
> seems that calendar is trying to use that file. However I can only get
> it to use the user created calendar file by doing
>
> $ calendar -f ~/.calendar/calendar
>
> Is there some setting I have to make elsewhere? According to the man
> page it should search my home directory for a calendar file.

I was a bit unclear in my previous mail.

The -f option will change the default filename from 'calendar.all' to 
what you specify. So

$ calendar -f calendar

should work as well for you. Either that, or rename ~/.calendar/calendar 
to ~/.calendar/calendar.all.

Sascha

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