COLLECT-REMINDERS(8)

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version 1.2.1 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💌 COLLECT-REMINDERS — section 8 of the System Manager's Manual, bestie 💌

okay so picture this: it's collect-reminders, and it lives in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual. it's giving "quiet little cron gremlin that keeps your life together." let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

collect-reminders — the girl who goes around collecting all the email reminders so they can actually get sent out. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

collect-reminders

the whole job, in one breath: it collects the email reminders that users set for special occasions and moves them into the email-reminder spool directory. that's it. that's the plot. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so email-reminder is the thing that lets users define events they want to be reminded about, by email. birthdays, anniversaries, "call your grandma," whatever. iconic behaviour honestly.

this script is meant to be run every single day — either by a cron job or as the root user. it's the daily little errand run: it goes around and collects the reminder files from each user. ⭐

💖 OPTIONS 💖

  • --help — shows you the basic usage message. your girl is helpful like that.
  • --simulate — does NOT actually copy any files. a little dress rehearsal. a vibe check with no consequences. 🙈
  • --verbose — prints out info about what the program is doing, and yes, that includes the full emails being sent out. it's telling you everything, fr fr.
  • --version — displays the version number. because we love a little self-awareness. 👑

🦋 FILES 🦋

  • ~/.config/email-reminder/reminders.xml
  • /etc/email-reminder.conf

🌈 AUTHOR 🌈

Francois Marier <francois@fmarier.org> — the main character who wrote this. 💜

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

  • email-reminder-editor
  • send-reminders

go read those too, iykyk. 🧚

Copyright (C) 2004-2025 by Francois Marier

Email-Reminder is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Email-Reminder is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Email-Reminder; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

okay real talk for one sec bestie: that warranty bit is NOT a joke. no promises, no guarantees, no take-backs. read it properly. 💀

and that's the whole page! this little beauty was documented with perl v5.40.1 and dated 2025-10-02 — go forth and let cron do your emotional labour for you. slay, collect those reminders, periodt. 💖✨🎀

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