--- name: "aerf" section: "1" platform: "linux" package: "aegis" version: "3.8-4" release: "Debian 2.1 (Slink)" platforms: ["linux"] url: "https://new.carta.tech/aerf" --- # aerf(1) fail a change review ## NAME aegis -Review\_FAIL - fail a change review ## SYNOPSIS **aegis** **-Review\_FAIL** **-File** *reason-file* \[ *option*... \]\ **aegis** **-Review\_FAIL** **-REAson** *'reason-text'* \[ *option*... \]\ **aegis** **-Review\_FAIL** **-Edit** \[ *option*... \]\ **aegis** **-Review\_FAIL** **-List** \[ *option*... \]\ **aegis** **-Review\_FAIL** **-Help** ## DESCRIPTION The *aegis* *-Review\_FAIL* command is used to inform aegis that a change has failed review. The change will be returned from the *being reviewed* state to the *being developed* state. The change will cease to be assigned to the current user, and will be reassigned to the originating developer. The developer will be notified by mail. See the review\_fail\_notify\_command in [*aepattr*(5)](/aepattr/5.md) for more information. The *reason-file* will contain a description of why the change was failed. The file is in plain text. It is recommended that you only use newline to terminate paragraphs, (rather than to terminate lines) as with will result in better formatting in the various listings. ## OPTIONS The following options are understood: - **-Change** *number* This option may be used to specify a particular change within a project. When no **-Change** option is specified, the *AEGIS\_CHANGE* environment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the user's *$HOME/.aegisrc* file is examined for a default change field (see [*aeuconf*(5)](/aeuconf/5.md) for more information). If that does not exist, when the user is only working on one change within a project, that is the default change number. Otherwise, it is an error. - **-Edit** Edit the attributes with a text editor, this is usually more convenient than supplying a text file. The *VISUAL* and then *EDITOR* environment variables are consulted for the name of the editor to use; defaults to [*vi*(1)](/vi/1.md) if neither is set. Warning: tries to be well behaved when faced with errors, the temporary file is left in your home directory. This option may not be used in the background, or when the standard input is not a terminal. - **-Edit\_BackGround** Edit the attributes with a dumb text editor, this is most often desired when edit commands are being piped into the editor via the standard input. Only the *EDITOR* environment variable is consulted for the name of the editor to use; it is a fatal error if it is not set. - **-File** *filename* Take the attributes from the specified file. - **-Help** This option may be used to obtain more information about how to use the *aegis* program. - **-List** This option may be used to obtain a list of suitable subjects for this command. The list may be more general than expected. - **-Project** *name* This option may be used to select the project of interest. When no **-Project** option is specified, the *AEGIS\_PROJECT* environment variable is consulted. If that does not exist, the user's *$HOME/.aegisrc* file is examined for a default project field (see [*aeuconf*(5)](/aeuconf/5.md) 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. - **-REAson** *text* This option may be used to provide the failure reason on the command line, rather than in a file. You will need to use quotes to insulate the spaces from the shell. - **-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 aegis to produce more output. By default aegis only produces output on errors. When used with the **-List** option this option causes column headings to be added. - **-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)](/aeuconf/5.md) 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)](/aeuconf/5.md) for more information. See also [*aegis*(1)](/aegis/1.md) 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. ## RECOMMENDED ALIAS The recommended alias for this command is ``` csh% alias aerfail 'aegis -rfail \!* -v' sh$ aerfail(){aegis -rfail $* -v} ``` ## ERRORS It is an error if the change is not in the *being reviewed* state.\ It is an error if the current user is not a reviewer for the project.\ It is an error if the current user developed the change and the project is configured to disallow developers to review their own changes (default). ## 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)](/aegis/1.md) for a list of environment variables which may affect this command.\ ## SEE ALSO - [*aecd*(1)](/aecd/1.md) change directory - [*aede*(1)](/aede/1.md) complete development of a change - [*aedeu*(1)](/aedeu/1.md) recall a change for further development - [*aenrv*(1)](/aenrv/1.md) add a reviewer to a project - [*aerp*(1)](/aerp/1.md) pass review of a change - [*aeuconf*(5)](/aeuconf/5.md) user configuration file format\ ## COPYRIGHT aegis version 3.8.D001\ Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998 Peter Miller; All rights reserved. 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 | | `/\/\*` | WWW: | http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/ |