form

Manual interface to the data formatting package

Allowable commands are :
	x go into test mode
	l look at log
	m look at log	- for 'form' items
	c check crontab	- for items about to go
			- c all for ALL of root's crontab
	t look at the individual Parameter file in tables/form/text
			and show the contents
	p look at main form files in tables/form - PROCESS, SETTER, SETPAGE etc
	g go auto
	h help
	v version
	q quit

Input Switches - all optional (and rarely used)
	-b : full path of ipformbl if not default
	-f : full path of ipformat if not default
	-x : full path of ipxchg if not default
	-T : extra parameters for ipformat
		pls dbl quote these ..
	-z : testname - go directly into test mode with this test
		form -z webshares

eg to show the data breakout
	form -T "-T"

For Tests ('x' option), these are kept in tables/form/test.
The test file format (normally this is managed internally, but you can add
program-ipformat etc manually) is :
If there is nothing selected the parameter is set to '-none-'

	defque: (path to raw, input file)
		defque:/fip/zsav/ft/data/gbpoint
	rawfile: (actual filename of the input file)
		rawfile:TMMid_FILM_VENUE_20090205.xml
	param: (name of the parameter file in form/text)
		param:XMLTEST
	xchgin: (optional name of xchg-before in tables/xchg)
		xchgin:PREXML
		If there is no xchg before, use '-none-'
		xchgin:-none-
		default -none-
	xchgout: (optional name of xchg-After in tables/xchg)
		xchgout:POSTXML
		default -none-
	job: (name of the optional JOB in tables/form/PROCESS)
		default -none-
	livedest: (fipDU in USERS file for sending a live test)
		default -none-
	copypath: (full path of a folder to copy data to)
		default -none-
	program-ipformat: (full path of ipformat program)
		NOT used for jobs.
		default: normal /fip/bin/ipformat
	program-ipformbl: (full path of ipformbl program)
		NOT used for jobs.
		default: normal /fip/bin/ipformbl
	program-ipxchg: (full path of ipxchg program)
		NOT used for jobs.
		default: normal /fip/bin/ipxchg

Version Control
;011i2	06jul01 WINNT why I dont know and jobs added ;a MACOSX
	;b-d 20jan04 added -b and -f
	;e-f 17mar06 WINNT again and added G
	;g-h 16apr06 added -z testname
	;i 11feb09 added program-ipformat and program-ipxchg ;2 percy_win aded
;010	29mar99	LINUX

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