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Linux / Unix vacation command

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Syntax

vacation [-I] 

vacation [-j] [-a alias] [-tN ] username

-I Initialize the .vacation.pag and .vacation.dir files and enables vacation . If the -I flag is not
specified, and a user argument is given, vacation reads the first line from the standard input (for a From: line, no colon). If absent, it produces an error message.

Options -j, -a, -t are configuration options to be used in conjunction with vacation in the .forward file, not on the command line.

-j Do not check whether the recipient appears in the To: or the Cc: line.
-a alias Indicate that alias is one of the valid aliases for the user running vacation , so that mail addressed to that alias generates a reply.
-tN Change the interval between repeat replies to the same sender. The default is 1 week. A trailing s, m, h, d, or w scales N to seconds, minutes, hours, days, or weeks respectively.
username

Examples

The .vacation.msg should include a header with at least a Subject: line (it should not include a From: or a To: line). For example:

Subject: I am on vacation!
I am on currently on vacation and will return July 22.

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