NAME¶
date - get and print a date
SYNOPSIS¶
date [
-s] [
-local] [
-k] [
-blind]
option=
value...
DESCRIPTION¶
If no arguments are given, a date will be selected at random. Providing an
argument will restrict the search pool of dates. Hopefully these arguments
will not carry forward into the actual date. Only the superuser can select
dates by name.
The
-s option registers you in the date database and (if not
-local) posts your vitals to alt.personals (and, optionally,
alt.sex.wanted).
Using the
-k option selects a date, but does not make any further
arrangments.
Ranges are specified with parentheses and brackets: (18,25) is 18 to 25
exclusive while [18,25] is 18 to 25 inclusive. An array of selections is given
with braces such as ``{blonde, brunette, redhead}''. Multiple responses are
separated with commas, as in ``sex=female,yes,please''.
- -blind
- To arrange a blind date.
view[=
must]
- View prospective date's picture. To locate a picture,
date searches several picture databases, including FaceSaver
(uunet.uu.net) alt.sec.pictures, alt.binaries.pictures.erotica, and
several FTP gif archives. You must have access to the Internet for FTP to
work.
- If view=must is set, and date is unable to find a
picture, a request will be automaticly posted to alt.binaries.pictures.d
asking for one.
- Options to xv(1) may follow "view" or be
put in the environment parameter XV.
The following options restrict the search pool to those who have supplied the
necessary information.
- dim=range,range,range
- height=range
- Synonyms are also supported: midget, twerp, short,
beanstalk, giant, basketball-player
- weight=range
- Synonyms: toothpic, feather, wide-load, blimp
- age=range
- Synonyms: juvenile, underage, thirty-nine, over-the-hill,
{mom, dad}, {grandma, grandpa}
sex={male, female}
[,{yes, no, maybe}][,
opt=
sex(6)
options]
- If sex=yes and you are registering, your vitals are posted
to alt.sex.wanted in addition to alt.personals.
- race={white, black, native-american, ...}
- Various slang terms are also supported.
- marriage={flirting, noway, maybe, once, twice,
several}
- Seriousness and experience.
kids={never, rightaway, oops, have, want}
[,{one, two, three, four,
bunch}]
- Domestic leanings.
- cooking={never, loveit, when_hungry}
- color
- Synonym for race.
- religion={Atheist, Moslem, Lutheran, Catholic,
...}
- temper={mellow, quiet, hot-head}
interests={
lists of possible interests}
name=lastname,
firstname
- Specify name of your date. Perfect for hitting on. Names
can only be specified by super-user.
FILES¶
- $HOME/.daterc
- Optional place to store options, for frequent daters.
- $HOME/.datehist
- History of dates, to avoid duplication.
- $HOME/.persona
- Options describing yourself, if you haven't registered in
the database. Note that the first time you use date and supply this
information, you are registered in the blind-date database.
SEE ALSO¶
man(1),
woman(1),
sex(6)
RFC1036: Standard for exchange of USENET messages, M. Horton and R.
Adams.
A Primer on how to work with the USENET community, Chuq Von Rospach and
Gene ``net.god'' Spafford.
DIAGNOSTICS¶
Exit status is 0 on success, 1 on complete failure to get a date.
``You are not superuser: date not set'' if you try to use the name parameter but
are not the super-user.
``Vitals posted to alt.personals [,alt.sex.wanted]'' when you register globally.
AUTHOR¶
Won't admit to it!