48 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
48 lines
1.4 KiB
Groff
.TH reportwriter "" "" "/rdb Command"
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.PC "Sample program to write standard reports"
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.B reportwriter
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.PP
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The command
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.B reportwriter
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is a sample shell program that writes a sample standard report.
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It uses the command
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.B splittable
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to divide a table into page-sized tables.
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It shows several tricks for using COHERENT shell programming and
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.B /rdb
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tools to put together reports.
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.SH Example
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Here is what
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.B reportwriter
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produces (with the middle of each page
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replaced with an ellipsis to keep the listing short):
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.B1
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Prices of Computers that ran UNIX(TM) in 1983
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From Urban Software of New York City
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Report Date: 9 Feb 1985
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.sp
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Price Company City
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----- ------- ----
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Advanced Micro Devices Santa Clara
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Alcyon Corporation San Diego
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American Telephone & Telegraph
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BASIS Microcomputer GmbH D-4400 Muenster
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Corvus Systems San Jose
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David Computers Inc. Kitchener
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Digital Computers Ltd. Tokyo 102
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Heurikon Corp. Madison
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...
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Western Digital Irvine
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Western Electric Corp.
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4.2 Venturcom/IBM PC Cambridge
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...
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13.9 Victory Computer Systems, Inc. San Jose
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.sp
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Page 1
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.B2
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.SH "See Also"
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.B
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splittable
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.R
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.SO reportwriter
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