COMMAND

• COMMAND

  [COMMAND command]

  Take the result of the operating system command given and store the answer in the protocol file. You can include the name of the protocol file by entering a % symbol e.g:

  [command lpr % ]
  

  does the same as the [print] option, or you can read in the date with [command date].

• PIPE

  [pipe command]

  Take the current output of the protocol file and 'pipe' it into the command given.

  A '%' sign will be replaced with the name of the results file. Any output from the command will be discarded e.g:

  [pipe mail -s "protocol file" another]

  This will mail the user 'another' with the full file.

• PRINT

  The [print tag comes in two forms:

  [print]

  Print the results of the protocol at this point in time to the default printer, if the HTML option is enabled then filter the results via lynx. Normally the [print] will be at the end of the file BUT this is not a requirement. Once printed you can continue to add comments etc.

  When the 'print' option is used it will use one of the following:

  Output as	Command used
  Plain Text	cat RESULTS | 'default formatter' | 'default printer'
  HTML	cat RESULTS | lynx -dump -force_html | 'default printer'

  (Default formatter is: | par P=_q j )

  [print filename]

  This will printout filename, it will check for and replace reserved words etc. It will NOT include any of the protocol file, just prints a definition file. e.g. [print new.pro]. You can use this as an answer to questions e.g.

  []!Print a Hills QC form {
           Yes [print hillqcrof.def]
            No [nostore]
         }
  

  This will process the the 'hillqcrof.def' file if they answer Yes to the question.

• FORMAT

  [format command] Passes the whole document through one of the system 'formatters' which should be specified in command. The default will be par and is used to get rid of long and unsightly lines.

  Default format command: | par P=_q j

  Disabled if PDF or HTML tags are used