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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/