#!/bin/sh
# events.sh
# Copyright (c) 2008 Peter Kuyarov, All rights reserved
#
#Thu Sep  4 14:48:04 MDT 2008 - 0.1
#events.sh
#	this will scan through file looking for upcoming/current dates/events		
#	events are put one per line starting with date in $dateformat format
#	 by default in '+%m.%d' format
#	will scan/notify $daysforward to notify of upcoming events
#		'2008.08.16 eventX'
#		'2003/01/16 Janu 16th 2008 event Y'
#		'1990-10-23 1990 October 23rd - event Z'
#	year are ignored, only looking at month and day values
#
# this was written to not have to put up tons of cronjobs for reminders,
#   now getting all birthdays, special dates in one file/location
#   and just have this one script in cron to run nightly
#
# scripts@pknet.net
# http://peterk.org/scripts/
#

PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH

#
# start config variables
#

# events file
eventsfile='~/events.txt'

# how many days forward to look for events
daysforward=5

# date format that this script should look for
dateformat='+%m.%d'

#
# end config variables
#

if [ ! -f $eventsfile ]
then
	echo "$eventsfile does not exist, exiting"
	exit 1
fi


while [ $daysforward != 0 ]
do
	date=`date -v +${daysforward}d "$dateformat"`
	grep $date $eventsfile
	daysforward=$(($daysforward-1))
done