.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