-Change_Attributes - modify the attributes of a change

-Change_Attributes -File attr-file [ option... ]

-Change_Attributes -Edit [ option... ]

-Change_Attributes -Fix_ARchitecture

-Change_Attributes -List [ option... ]

-Change_Attributes -Help

-Change_Attributes -UUID string [ option... ]

The -Change_Attributes command is used to set, edit or list the attributes of a change.

The output of the -List variant is suitable for use as input at a later time.

See aecattr(5) for a description of the file format.

Example

brief_description = "login(1) is too fussy";
description = "When users type their password "
    "incorrectly, after three times the login(1) "
    "program should assume they have forgotten "
    "their password and automatically reset it "
    "for them.";
cause = external_enhancement;
attribute =
[
    {
        name = "bugzilla";
        value = "666";
    },
    {
        name = "customer-priority";
        value = "high";
    },
    {
        name = "marketing-priority";
        value = "urgent-panic-headless-chicken";
    },
    {
        name = "engineering-priority";
        value = "after-heat-death-of-universe";
    }
];

Universal Unique Identifier

Using Change Attributes in Scripts

The following options are understood:

-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.

-Description_Only

This option may be used to specify that only the change description is the subject of this command. It will be presented as plain text, without any of the quotes or escapes present when this command is not used.

-Edit

Edit the attributes with a text editor, this is usually more convenient than supplying a text file. The VISUAL and then EDITOR environment variables are consulted for the name of the editor to use; defaults to vi(1) if neither is set. See the visual_%command and editor_%command fields in aeuconf(1) for how to override this specifically for Aegis.

Warning: Aegis tries to be well behaved when faced with errors, so the temporary file is left in your home directory where you can edit it further and re-use it with a -file option.

The -edit option may not be used in the background, or when the standard input is not a terminal.

-Edit_BackGround

Edit the attributes with a dumb text editor, this is most often desired when edit commands are being piped into the editor via the standard input. Only the EDITOR environment variable is consulted for the name of the editor to use; it is a fatal error if it is not set. See the editor_%command field in aeuconf(1) for how to override this specifically for Aegis.

-File filename

Take the attributes from the specified file. The filename `-' is understood to mean the standard input.

-Fix_ARchitecture

This option may be used to replace change change's architecture list with all of the mandatory architectures from the project config file, plus any of the optional architectures that match the current machine. May not be used with -file or -edit options.

-Help

This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the 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.

-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.

-Verbose

This option may be used to cause to produce more output. By default only produces output on errors. When used with the -List option this option causes column headings to be added.

-Universal_Unique_IDentifier string

This option may be used to set the UUID of change change.

-Wait

This option may be used to require 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 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.

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 are long, this means ignoring the extra leading '-'. The "--option=value" convention is also understood.

The recommended alias for this command is

csh%	alias aeca ' -ca \!* -v'
sh$	aeca(){ -ca "$@" -v}

It is an error if the current user is not an administrator of the specified project.

The command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The command will only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.

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.

tkaeca(1)

GUI interface to the aeca(1) command.

aecattr(5)

change attributes file format

aecstate(5)

change state file format

aepa(5)

modify the attributes of a project

aesub(5)

available command substitutions

aeuconf(5)

user configuration file format

version

Copyright Peter Miller; All rights reserved.

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