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| Chapter 2 UNIX Commands |

## vacation

    vacation [options]

Automatically return a mail message to sender announcing that you are on vacation. To disable this feature, type mail -F "".

### Options

-d

  Append the date to `logfile`.

-F `user`

  Forward mail to `user` when unable to send mail to `mailfile`.

-l `logfile`

  Record in `logfile` the names of senders who received an automated reply (default is $HOME/.maillog).

-m `mailfile`

  Save received messages in `mailfile` (default is $HOME/.mailfile).

-M `msg_file`

  Use `msg_file` as the reply to mail automatically (default is /usr/lib/mail/std_vac_msg).

Reference: uux |  | Reference: val