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.\" MANIFEST: manual page describing the aereport index file format
.\"
.so z_name.so
.so libdir.so
.TH aerptidx 5 \*(N) "Reference Manual"
.SH NAME
aerptidx \- report index file format
.XX "aerptidx(5)" "report index file format"
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ft CW
\*(D)/report.index
.br
\*(D)/report.local
.ft R
.SH DESCRIPTION
The report index file is used to store pointers to report scripts,
and descriptions of the reports.
.PP
When searching for a report,
the
.IR aer (1)
command searches down the
.I AEGIS_PATH
looking for
.I report.index
files,
and searching them for the report named.
.SH CONTENTS
.TP 8n
where = [{ ... }];
.br
This field is a table relating report name to file name.
The structure is as follows:
.RS
.TP 8n
name = string;
.br
The name of a report.
The command line argument naming scheme is used,
to provide abbreviatable names.
.TP 8n
description = string;
.br
A brief description of the report.
It should not be very long,
one or two lines at most.
.TP 8n
filename = string;
.br
The name of the file containing the report script.
If a relative path is given,
it will be interpreted to be relative to the directory containing the
.I report.index
file.
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
.TP 8n
.IR aer (1)
report generator
.TP 8n
.IR aegis (5)
\*(n) file format syntax
.so ../man1/z_cr.so