ini.report.pl - Man Page

ini.report.pl [options]

        Options:
        -convert
        -help
        -inFileName anInputFileName
        -outFileName anOutputFileName
        -pathForHTML aPathForHTML
        -release aVersionNumber
        -table
        -urlForCSS aURLForCSS
        -version
        -webPage

All switches can be reduced to a single letter.

Exit value: 0.

Typical switch combinations:

o No switches

Produce a text report on all versions.

o -c

Convert Changes to Changelog.ini.

Use -c -i CHANGES to read a file called CHANGES.

o -r 1.23

Produce a text report on a specific version.

Since -c is not used, -i defaults to Changelog.ini.

o -t

Produce a HTML report on all versions.

The report will just be a HTML table, with CSS for Deploy.Action and Deploy.Reason.

The table can be embedded in your own web page.

o -r 1.23 -t

Produce a HTML report on a specific version.

The report will just be a HTML table, with CSS for Deploy.Action and Deploy.Reason.

The table can be embedded in your own web page.

o -w

Produce a HTML report on all versions.

The report will be a HTML page, with CSS for Deploy.Action and Deploy.Reason.

o -r 1.23 -w

Produce a HTML report on a specific version.

The report will be a HTML page, with CSS for Deploy.Action and Deploy.Reason.

o -convert

This specifies that the program is to read an old-style Changes file, and is to write a new-style Changelog.ini file.

When -convert is used, the default -inFileName is Changes, and the default -outFileName is Changelog.ini.

o -help

Print help and exit.

o -inFileName anInputFileName

The name of a file to be read.

When the -convert switch is used, -inFileName defaults to Changes, and -outFileName defaults to Changelog.ini.

In the absence of -convert, -inFileName defaults to Changelog.ini, and -outFileName is not used.

o -outFileName anOutputFileName

The name of a file to be written.

o -pathForHTML aPathForHTML

The path to the HTML::Template-style templates used by the -table and -webPage switches.

Default: '/usr/share/perl-Module-Metadata-Changes/templates/module/metadata/changes'.

o -release aVersionNumber

Report on a specific release/version.

If this switch is not used, all versions are reported on.

o -table

Output the report as a HTML table.

HTML is escaped using HTML::Entities::Interpolate.

The table template is called ini.table.tmpl.

o -urlForCSS aURLForCSS

The URL to insert into the web page, if using the -webPage switch, which points to the CSS for the page.

Defaults to /.sysassets/css/module/metadata/changes/ini.css.

o -verbose

Print verbose messages.

o -webPage

Output the report as a HTML page.

The page template is called ini.page.tmpl.

This switch automatically activates the -table switch.

ini.report.pl processes old-style 'Changes' and new-style 'Changelog.ini' files.