---
name: "aerptidx"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "aegis"
version: "4.24.3-3"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/aerptidx"
---

# aerptidx(5)

aegis report index file format

## NAME

aerptidx - aegis report index file format

## SYNOPSIS

`/usr/share/aegis/report.index`\
 `/usr/share/aegis/report.local`

## DESCRIPTION

The report index file is used to store pointers to report scripts, and descriptions of the reports.

When searching for a report, the [*aer*(1)](/aer/1.md) command searches down the *AEGIS\_PATH* looking for *report.index* files, and searching them for the report named.

## CONTENTS

- where = \[{ ... }\];

  This field is a table relating report name to file name. The structure is as follows:

  - name = string;

    The name of a report. The command line argument naming scheme is used, to provide abbreviatable names.

  - description = string;

    A brief description of the report. It should not be very long, one or two lines at most.

  - filename = string;

    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 *report.index* file.

## SEE ALSO

- [*aer*(1)](/aer/1.md)

  report generator

- [*aegis*(5)](/aegis/5.md)

  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 |
| `/\/\*` | WWW: | http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/ |