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diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo b/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo index 0d7abbf86..6b5fe27fb 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/calsys.yo @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ or future events, details of which are stored in a text file (typically tt(calendar) in the user's home directory). The version provided here includes a mechanism for alerting the user when an event is due. -In addition a function tt(age) is provided that can be used in a glob -qualifier; it allows files to be selected based on their modification -times. +In addition functions tt(age), tt(before) and tt(after) are provided +that can be used in a glob qualifier; they allow files to be selected +based on their modification times. The format of the tt(calendar) file and the dates used there in and in the tt(age) function are described first, then the functions that can @@ -122,10 +122,10 @@ enditemize() Here, square brackets indicate optional elements, possibly with alternatives. Fractions of a second are recognised but ignored. For absolute times (the normal format require by the tt(calendar) file and the -tt(age) function) a date is mandatory but a time of day is not; the time -returned is at the start of the date. One variation is allowed: if -tt(a.m.) or tt(p.m.) or one of their variants is present, an hour without a -minute is allowed, e.g. tt(3 p.m.). +tt(age), tt(before) and tt(after) functions) a date is mandatory but a +time of day is not; the time returned is at the start of the date. One +variation is allowed: if tt(a.m.) or tt(p.m.) or one of their variants +is present, an hour without a minute is allowed, e.g. tt(3 p.m.). Time zones are not handled, though if one is matched following a time specification it will be removed to allow a surrounding date to be @@ -605,8 +605,10 @@ left in a file with the suffix tt(.old). enditem() subsect(Glob qualifiers) -findex(age) +startitem() +item(tt(age))( +findex(age) The function tt(age) can be autoloaded and use separately from the calendar system, although it uses the function tt(calendar_scandate) for date formatting. It requires the tt(zsh/stat) builtin, but uses @@ -675,6 +677,23 @@ example(print *+LPAR()e-age :file1 :file2-+RPAR()) matches all files modified no earlier than tt(file1) and no later than tt(file2); precision here is to the nearest second. +) +xitem(tt(after)) +item(tt(before))( +findex(after) +findex(before) +The functions tt(after) and tt(before) are simpler versions of tt(age) +that take just one argument. The argument is parsed similarly to an +argument of tt(age); if it is not given the variable tt(AGEREF) is +consulted. As the names of the functions suggest, a file matches if its +modification time is after or before the time and date specified. If +a time only is given the date is today. + +The two following examples are therefore equivalent: +example(print *+LPAR()e-after 12:00-RPAR() +print *+LPAR()e-after today:12:00-RPAR()) +) +enditem() texinode(Calendar Styles)(Calendar Utility Functions)(Calendar System User Functions)(Calendar Function System) sect(Styles) |