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aegstate(5) File Formats Manual aegstate(5)

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


This field is a table relating project name to project directory. The structure is as follows:

The name of a project.

Absolute path of the project's directory. (Only set of alias_for is not set.)

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 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
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Aegis Reference Manual