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NAME

        aegis report - report generator

SYNOPSIS

        aereport [ option...  ] report-name
        aereport [ option...  ] -File filename
        aereport -RePorT -List
        aereport -Help
        aereport -VERSion

DESCRIPTION

        The aereport command is used to generate reports from aereport' database.  Reports are
        specified in a C-like language described in the aer(5) manual entry.

        For a list of the reports available on your system, use the 'aer -list' command.  These
        reports live in the /usr/share/aegis/report directory, and it initially contains the
        reports distributed with aereport, however sites are free to add their own here.

WRITING REPORT SCRIPTS

        Getting started writing report scripts can be difficult.  You are best to have a look at
        the reports distributes with Aegis, and try to adapt them.  The report script files are
        kept in the /usr/share/aegis/report directory.

        For information about the data structures which may be accessed from a report script, you
        need to see the relevant manual entries:

        the projects list
                See aegstate(1) for the member fields.

        a specific project
                See aepstate(1) for the member fields.

        a specific change
                See aecstate(1) for the member fields.

        a specific file
                See aefstate(1) for the member fields.

        Each of the above man pages also contains a section towards the end which specifically
        addresses report generator use, usually with code fragments.

OPTIONS

        The following options are understood:

        -BaseLine
                This option may be used to specify that the project baseline is the subject of
                the command.

        -BRanch number
                This option may be used to specify a different branch for the origin file, rather
                than the baseline.  (See also -TRunk option.  Please Note: the -BRanch option
                does not take a project name, just the branch number suffix.

        -GrandParent
                This option may be used to specify the grandparent branch (one up from the
                current branch) for the origin file, rather than the baseline.  (The -grandparent
                option is the same as the “-branch ..” option.)

        -Change number
                This option may be used to specify a particular change within a project.  See
                aegis(1) for a complete description of this option.

        -DELta number
                This option may be used to specify a particular delta in the project's history to
                copy the file from, rather than the most current version.  If the delta has been
                given a name (see aedn(1) for how) you may use a delta name instead of a delta
                number.  It is an error if the delta specified does not exist.  Delta numbers
                start from 1 and increase; delta 0 is a special case meaning “when the branch
                started”.

        -DELta_Date string
                This option may be used to specify a particular date and time in the project's
                history to copy the file from, rather than the most current version.  It is an
                error if the string specified cannot be interpreted as a valid date and time.
                Quote the string if you need to use spaces.

        -DELta_From_Change number
                This option may be used to specify a particular project delta from its change
                number.

        -File filename
                Take the report script from the specified file, rather than looking for the named
                report in the library of reports distributed with Aegis.  The filename “-” is
                understood to mean the standard input.

        -Help
                This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the aereport
                program.

        -List
                This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects for this command.
                The list may be more general than expected.

        -Output filename
                This option may be used to specify the output file.  The output is sent to the
                standard output by default.

        -Project name
                This option may be used to select the project of interest.  When no -Project
                option is specified, the AEGIS_PROJECT environment variable is consulted.  If
                that does not exist, the user's $HOME/.aegisrc file is examined for a default
                project field (see aeuconf(5) for more information).  If that does not exist,
                when the user is only working on changes within a single project, the project
                name defaults to that project.  Otherwise, it is an error.

        -TERse
                This option may be used to cause listings to produce the bare minimum of
                information.  It is usually useful for shell scripts.

        -TRunk
                This option may be used to specify the project trunk for the origin file, rather
                than the baseline.  (See also -BRanch option, the -trunk option is the same as
                the “-branch -” option.)

        -UNFormatted
                This option may be used with most listings to specify that the column formatting
                is not to be performed.  This is useful for shell scripts.

        -Page-Header
                This option requests that page headings be present in listings and reports.  This
                is the default.

        -No-Page-Header
                This option requests that page headings be omitted from listings and reports.

        -Verbose
                This option may be used to cause aereport to produce more output.  By default
                aereport only produces output on errors.  When used with the -List option this
                option causes column headings to be added.

        See also aegis(1) for options common to all aegis commands.

        All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters,
        all lower case letters and underscores (_) are optional.  You must use consecutive
        sequences of optional letters.

        All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or lower case or a
        combination of both, case is not important.

        For example: the arguments "-project, "-PROJ" and "-p" are all interpreted to mean the
        -Project option.  The argument "-prj" will not be understood, because consecutive
        optional characters were not supplied.

        Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line,
        after the function selectors.

        The GNU long option names are understood.  Since all option names for aereport are long,
        this means ignoring the extra leading '-'.  The "--option=value" convention is also
        understood.

RECOMMENDED ALIAS

        The recommended alias for this command is
        csh%    alias aer 'aereport \!* -v'
        sh$     aer(){aereport "$@" -v}

SEE ALSO

        ael(1)  list (possibly) interesting things

        aer(5)  report script language definition

EXIT STATUS

        The aereport command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.  The aereport command
        will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

        See aegis(1) for a list of environment variables which may affect this command.  See
        aepconf(5) for the project configuration file's project_specific field for how to set
        environment variables for all commands executed by Aegis.

COPYRIGHT

        aereport version 4.24.3.D001
        Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
        2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Peter Miller

        The aereport program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'aereport
        -VERSion License' command.  This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it
        under certain conditions; for details use the 'aereport -VERSion License' command.

AUTHOR

        Peter Miller   E-Mail:   millerp@canb.auug.org.au
        /\/\*             WWW:   http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/