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gramps(1) 3.4.0 gramps(1)
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**NAME**
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gramps - Genealogical Research and Analysis Management Programming Sys‐
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tem.
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**SYNOPSIS**
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**gramps** [**-?** | **--help**] [**--usage**] [**--version**]
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[**-l**] [**-L**] [**-u** | **--force-unlock**] [**-O** | **--open=** *DATABASE*
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[**-f** | **--format=** *FORMAT*]] [**-i** | **--import=** *FILE*
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[**-f** | **--format=** *FORMAT*]] [**-i** | **--import=** *...*]
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[**-e** | **--export=** *FILE* [**-f** | **--format=** *FORMAT*]]
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[**-a** | **--action=** *ACTION*] [*-p* | **--options=** *OPTION‐
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STRING*]] [*FILE*] [**--version**]
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**DESCRIPTION**
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Gramps is a Free/OpenSource genealogy program. It is written in Python,
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using the GTK+/GNOME interface. Gramps should seem familiar to anyone
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who has used other genealogy programs before such as Family Tree Maker
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(TM), Personal Ancestral Files (TM), or the GNU Geneweb. It supports
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importing of the ever popular GEDCOM format which is used world wide by
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almost all other genealogy software.
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**OPTIONS**
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**gramps** *FILE*
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When *FILE* is given (without any flags) as a family tree name or
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as a family tree database directory, then it is opened and an
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interactive session is started. If *FILE* is a file format under‐
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stood by Gramps, an empty family tree is created whose name is
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based on the *FILE* name and the data is imported into it. The
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rest of the options is ignored. This way of launching is suit‐
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able for using gramps as a handler for genealogical data in e.g.
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web browsers. This invocation can accept any data format native
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to gramps, see below.
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**-f** , **--format=** *FORMAT*
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Explicitly specify format of *FILE* given by preceding **-i** ,
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or **-e** option. If the **-f** option is not given for any
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*FILE* , the format of that file is guessed according to its extension
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or MIME-type.
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Formats available for export are **gramps-xml** (guessed if *FILE*
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ends with **.gramps** ), **gedcom** (guessed if *FILE* ends with
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**.ged** ), or any file export available through the Gramps plugin
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system.
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Formats available for import are **gramps-xml** , **gedcom** ,
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**gramps-pkg** (guessed if *FILE* ends with **.gpkg** ),
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and **geneweb** (guessed if *FILE* ends with **.gw** ).
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Formats available for export are **gramps-xml** , **gedcom** ,
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**gramps-pkg** , **wft** (guessed if *FILE* ends with **.wft** ),
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**geneweb**.
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**-l**
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Print a list of known family trees.
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**-L**
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Print a detailed list of known family trees.
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**-u** , **--force-unlock**
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Unlock a locked database.
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**-O** , **--open=** *DATABASE*
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Open *DATABASE* which must be an existing database directory or
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existing family tree name. If no action, import or export
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options are given on the command line then an interactive ses‐
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sion is started using that database.
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**-i** , **--import=** *FILE*
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Import data from *FILE* . If you haven't specified a database then
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a temporary database is used; this is deleted when you exit
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gramps.
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When more than one input file is given, each has to be preceded
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by **-i** flag. The files are imported in the specified order, i.e.
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**-i** *FILE1* **-i** *FILE2* and **-i** *FILE2* **-i** *FILE1*
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might produce different gramps IDs in the resulting database.
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**-a** , **--action=** *ACTION*
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Perform *ACTION* on the imported data. This is done after all
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imports are successfully completed. Currently available actions
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are **summary** (same as Reports->View->Summary), **check** (same as
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Tools->Database Processing->Check and Repair), **report** (generates
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report), and tool (runs a plugin tool). Both **report** and **tool**
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need the *OPTIONSTRING* supplied by the **-p** flag).
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The *OPTIONSTRING* should satisfy the following conditions:
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It must not contain any spaces. If some arguments need to
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include spaces, the string should be enclosed with quotation
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marks, i.e., follow the shell syntax. Option string is a list
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of pairs with name and value (separated by the equality sign).
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The name and value pairs must be separated by commas.
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Most of the report or tools options are specific for each report
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or tool. However, there are some common options.
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**name=name**
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This mandatory option determines which report or tool will be
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run. If the supplied name does not correspond to any available
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report or tool, an error message will be printed followed by the
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list of available reports or tools (depending on the *ACTION* ).
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**show=all**
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This will produce the list of names for all options available
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for a given report or tool.
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**show=optionname**
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This will print the description of the functionality supplied by
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*optionname*, as well as what are the acceptable types and values
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for this option.
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Use the above options to find out everything about a given
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report.
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When more than one output action is given, each has to be preceded by
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**-a** flag. The actions are performed one by one, in the specified order.
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**-d** , **--debug=** *LOGGER_NAME*
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Enables debug logs for development and testing. Look at the
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source code for details
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**--version**
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Prints the version number of gramps and then exits
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**Operation**
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If the first argument on the command line does not start with dash
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(i.e. no flag), gramps will attempt to open the file with the name
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given by the first argument and start interactive session, ignoring the
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rest of the command line arguments.
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If the **-O** flag is given, then gramps will try opening the supplied
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database and then work with that data, as instructed by the further
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command line parameters.
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With or without the **-O** flag, there could be multiple imports, exports,
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and actions specified further on the command line by using **-i** ,
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**-e** , and **-a** flags.
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The order of **-i** , **-e** , or **-a** options does not matter. The actual order
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always is: all imports (if any) -> all actions (if any) -> all exports
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(if any). But opening must always be first!
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If no **-O** or **-i** option is given, gramps will launch its main window and
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start the usual interactive session with the empty database, since
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there is no data to process, anyway.
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If no **-e** or **-a** options are given, gramps will launch its main window
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and start the usual interactive session with the database resulted from
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all imports. This database resides in the **import_db.grdb** under
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**~/.gramps/import** directory.
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The error encountered during import, export, or action, will be either
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dumped to stdout (if these are exceptions handled by gramps) or to
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*stderr* (if these are not handled). Use usual shell redirections of
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*stdout* and *stderr* to save messages and errors in files.
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**EXAMPLES**
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To open an existing family tree and import an xml file into it, one
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may type:
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**gramps -O** *'My Family Tree'* **-i** *~/db3.gramps*
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The above changes the opened family tree, to do the same, but import
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both in a temporary family tree and start an interactive session, one
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may type:
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**gramps -i** *'My Family Tree'* **-i** *~/db3.gramps*
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To import four databases (whose formats can be determined from their
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names) and then check the resulting database for errors, one may type:
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**gramps -i** *file1.ged* **-i** *file2.tgz* **-i** *~/db3.gramps*
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**-i** *file4.wft* **-a** *check*
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To explicitly specify the formats in the above example, append file‐
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names with appropriate **-f** options:
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**gramps -i** *file1.ged* **-f** *gedcom* **-i** *file2.tgz* **-f**
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*gramps-pkg* **-i** *~/db3.gramps* **-f** *gramps-xml* **-i** *file4.wft*
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**-f** *wft* **-a** *check*
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To record the database resulting from all imports, supply **-e** flag (use
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**-f** if the filename does not allow gramps to guess the format):
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**gramps -i** *file1.ged* **-i** *file2.tgz* **-e** *~/new-package*
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**-f** *gramps-pkg*
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To import three databases and start interactive gramps session with the
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result:
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**gramps -i** *file1.ged* **-i** *file2.tgz* **-i** *~/db3.gramps*
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To run the Verify tool from the commandline and output the result to
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stdout:
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**gramps -O** *'My Family Tree'* **-a** *tool* **-p name=** *verify*
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Finally, to start normal interactive session type:
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**gramps**
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**ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES**
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The program checks whether these environment variables are set:
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**LANG** - describe, which language to use: Ex.: for polish language this
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variable has to be set to pl_PL.UTF-8.
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**GRAMPSHOME** - if set, force Gramps to use the specified directory to
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keep program settings and databases there. By default, this variable is
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not set and gramps assumes that the folder with all databases and pro‐
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file settings should be created within the user profile folder
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(described by environment variable HOME for Linux or USERPROFILE for
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Windows 2000/XP).
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**CONCEPTS**
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Supports a python-based plugin system, allowing import and export writ‐
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ers, report generators, tools, and display filters to be added without
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modification of the main program.
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In addition to generating direct printer output, report generators also
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target other systems, such as *LibreOffice.org* , *AbiWord* , *HTML*,
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or *LaTeX* to allow the users to modify the format to suit their needs.
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**KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS**
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**FILES**
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*${PREFIX}/bin/gramps*
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*${PREFIX}/share/gramps*
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*${HOME}/.gramps*
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**AUTHORS**
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Donald Allingham <don@gramps-project.org>
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http://gramps.sourceforge.net
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This man page was originally written by:
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Brandon L. Griffith <brandon@debian.org>
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for inclusion in the Debian GNU/Linux system.
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This man page is currently maintained by:
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Gramps project <xxx@gramps-project.org>
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**DOCUMENTATION**
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The user documentation is available through standard web browser
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in the form of Gramps Manual.
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The developer documentation can be found on the
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http://www.gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php?title=Portal:Developers
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portal.
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January 2013 3.4.0 gramps(1)
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