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¶
