---
name: "datepage.cgi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "xymon"
version: "4.3.30-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/datepage.cgi"
---

# datepage.cgi(1)

Xymon CGI script to view pre-built reports by date

## NAME

datepage.cgi - Xymon CGI script to view pre-built reports by date

## SYNOPSIS

**datepage.cgi?type={day,week,month} --url=URLPREFIX \[options\]**

## DESCRIPTION

**datepage.cgi** is invoked as a CGI script via the datepage.sh CGI wrapper.

datepage.cgi is passed a QUERY\_STRING environment variable with the type of time-selection that is desired: Either "day", "week" or "month" can be requested. It will then generate a web form with appropriate day/week/month selection boxes, and based on the users' selection a resulting url is built from the URLPREFIX and the time selection. The browser is then redirected to this URL.

The URL is constructed from the URLPREFIX, the type-parameter, the  value of the "pagepath" or "host" cookie, and the users' selection  as follows:

- type=day

  The final URL is **URLPREFIX/daily/YEAR/MONTH/DAY/PAGEPATH**.

- type=week

  The final URL is **URLPREFIX/weekly/YEAR/WEEK/PAGEPATH**.

- type=month

  The final URL is **URLPREFIX/monthly/YEAR/MONTH/PAGEPATH**.

  YEAR is the full year (4 digits, including century). MONTH is the two-digit number of the month (01..12). DAY is the number of the  day in the month (01..31). WEEK is the ISO 8601:1988 week-number  (01..53). PAGEPATH is the current value of the "pagepath" cookie if set; if it is not set but the "host" cookie is set, then this host is looked up in the hosts.cfg file and the page where this host is found is used for PAGEPATH. These two cookies are set by the  default web-header templates supplied with Xymon.

## OPTIONS

- \--url=URLPREFIX

  This specifies the initial part of the final URL. This option is required.

- \--hffile=FILENAME

  Specifies the template files (from $XYMONHOME/web/) to use. The default is  "--hffile=report".

- \--color=COLOR

  Sets the background color of the generated webpage. The default is blue.

- \--env=FILENAME

  Loads the environment defined in FILENAME before executing the CGI script.

- \--debug

  Enables debugging output.

- $XYMONHOME/web/report\_form\_daily

  HTML form template for the date selection form when type=daily.

- $XYMONHOME/web/report\_form\_weekly

  HTML form template for the date selection form when type=weekly.

- $XYMONHOME/web/report\_form\_monthly

  HTML form template for the date selection form when type=monthly.

- $XYMONHOME/web/report\_header

  HTML header file for the generated web page

- $XYMONHOME/web/report\_footer

  HTML footer file for the generated web page

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- XYMONHOME

  Used to locate the template files for the generated web pages.

- QUERY\_STRING

  Contains the parameters for the CGI script.

## SEE ALSO

[xymongen(1)](/xymongen/1.md), [hosts.cfg(5)](/hosts.cfg/5.md), [xymonserver.cfg(5)](/xymonserver.cfg/5.md)