Rdb: Ruby-Nachbau der MWC /rdb-Werkzeuge

man/consolidate.man

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+.TH consolidate "" "" "/act/gl Command"
+.PC "Combine all subsidiary journals to general journal"
+\fBconsolidate \fInextdate\fR
+.PP
+.II "consolidate journals"
+.II "journal^consolidate"
+The command
+.B consolidate
+is part of the accounting/general-ledger system that is included with
+.BR /rdb .
+It assembles all of the subsidiary journals, such as
+.BR journalincome ,
+.BR journalexpense ,
+and
+.BR journaldeposit ,
+into the general journal named
+.BR journal .
+It also converts from single-entry to double-entry bookkeeping
+by totaling
+.B Debits
+and
+.B Credits
+and inserting counterbalancing adjustments to the cash account.
+It needs the
+.B nextdate
+for these accounts.
+.SH Example
+The command
+.DM
+	consolidate $NEXTDATE
+.DE
+.PP
+writes into file
+.B journal
+data that resemble the following:
+.DM
+Date    Account Debit   Credit  Ref     Description
+------  ------  ------- ------- ------  ----------------------
+890101  4370          2         r       parking at clients
+890103  4380         15         c115    shuttle bus to airport
+890104  4380         13         v       meal
+890105  4380         13         c116    meal
+890106  4384        114         r       hotel
+890118  3100               3286 c101    consulting
+890125  3080                250 c1459   book fees
+891231  1010               5858         double-entry
+891231  1010      17036                 double-entry
+891231  3010              13500 deposit from sales/deposit
+891231  4020       3601         check   from pur/check
+891231  4030       2100         payroll from pay/journalpay
+.DE
+.PP
+Note the double-entry adjustments, and the totals of journals
+from sales, purchasing, and pay departments.
+The
+.B Date
+came from the
+.B NEXTDATE
+shell variable, which you must set in your
+.B .profile.
+.SH "See Also"
+.B
+getjournal
+.R