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Write a birthday reminder application called birthdays.
[ fromfile: argumentlist.xml id: None ]
Store name/birthday pairs in any format you like, in a file called birthdays.dat.
birthdays with no command-line arguments opens the file and lists all birthdays coming up in the next 30 days, in chronological order.
birthdays -a "john smith" "yyyy-mm-dd" should add an entry to the file.
birthdays -n 40 shows birthdays coming up in the next 40 days.
birthdays nameSpec searches for a birthday paired with nameSpec.
| Generated: 2012-03-02 | © 2012 Alan Ezust and Paul Ezust. |
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6.7.1. Derivation and ArgumentList |  | 6.8. Containers |