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NAME

       aegstate - aegis global state file

SYNOPSIS

       /var/lib/aegis/state

DESCRIPTION

       The aegis state file is used to store the pointers to project
       directories.

CONTENTS

       where = [{ ... }];
               This field is a table relating project name to project
               directory.  The structure is as follows:

               project_name = string;
                       The name of a project.

               directory = string;
                       Absolute path of the project’s directory.  (Only set of
                       alias_for is not set.)

               alias_for = string;
                       This is the name of another project, possibly including
                       branch numbers.  It allows you to have shorter or more
                       meaningful project names.  (Only set if directory is
                       not set.)

WRITING REPORT SCRIPTS

       When attempting to access these fields from within the report
       generator, you need a code fragment similar to the following:
              auto p;
              p = project[project_name()];
       That is, the where field is represented by the project array variable,
       however, it does not mention the aliases, only the actual projects,
       similar to the “ael projects” command.  (You can, however, index the
       projects array by an alias, or even by a project name with branches on
       the end.)

       In addition to the project_name and directory fields specified above,
       the report generator insets a state field, which gives you access to
       the project state fields (see aepstate(5) for more information).

SEE ALSO

       aegis(5)
               aegis file format syntax

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/