NAME
aegis delta name - assign a symbolic name to a project delta
SYNOPSIS
aegis -DELta_NAme [ option... ] name
aegis -Help
aegis -VERSion
DESCRIPTION
The aegis -DELta_NAme command is used to add a symbolic name to a
project delta. This is so that this name may be used, rather than the
number, when extracting previous versions of the file using the aecp(1)
command.
The -DELta number option on the command line specifies a delta number
of the project. That is, it is the delta number assigned to an
integration. Delta names may only be applied to project baselines. If
no delta number is given on the command line, the current baseline is
the default.
A name must be given on the command line. This is the name which will
be assigned to the delta. If the name has already been used, you will
be given a fatal error message. If you also specify the -OverWriting
option the name will be removed from its previous delta and assigned to
the requested delta.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood:
-Help
This option may be used to obtain more information about how to
use the aegis program.
-DELta number
This option may be used to specify a particular delta in the
project’s history to name.
-DELta_DAte string
This option may be used to specify a particular date and time
in the project’s history.
-Delta_From_Change number
This option may be used to specify a particular delta in the
project’s history, based on when the given change was
successfully integrated.
-List
This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects
for this command. The list may be more general than expected.
-OverWriting
This option may be used to force overwriting of files. The
default action is to give an error if an existing file would be
overwritten.
-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.
-Wait This option may be used to require Aegis commands to wait for
access locks, if they cannot be obtained immediately. Defaults
to the user’s lock_wait_preference if not specified, see
aeuconf(5) for more information.
-No_Wait
This option may be used to require Aegis commands to emit a
fatal error if access locks cannot be obtained immediately.
Defaults to the user’s lock_wait_preference if not specified,
see aeuconf(5) for more information.
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
aegis are long, this means ignoring the extra leading ’-’. The
"--option=value" convention is also understood.
EXIT STATUS
The aegis command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The aegis
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.
SEE ALSO
aecp(1) copy a file into a change, particularly the -DELta option
aeib(1) start the integration of a change
ael(1) list interesting this, particularly the project_history listing
COPYRIGHT
aegis 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 aegis program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use
the ’aegis -VERSion License’ command. This is free software and you
are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for details
use the ’aegis -VERSion License’ command.
AUTHOR
Peter Miller E-Mail: millerp@canb.auug.org.au
/\/\* WWW: http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/