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<appendix id="append-cmdline">
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<!-- =============== Appendices Subsection ================ -->
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<title>Command line reference</title>
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<para>This appendix provides the reference to the command line
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capabilities available when launching &app; from the terminal. </para>
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<note><para>&app; was designed to be an interactive
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program. Therefore it uses graphical display and cannot run from the
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true non-graphical console. It would take an enormous amount of effort
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to enable it to run in a text-only terminal. This is why the set of
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command line options does not aim to completely get rid of dependency
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on the graphical display. Rather, it merely makes certain (typical) tasks
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more convenient. It also allows one to execute these tasks from the scripts.
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However, the graphical display must be accessible at all times!
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</para></note>
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<tip><para>To summarize, the use of the command line options provides
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non-interactive behavior, but does not get rid of graphical display
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dependency. Take it or leave it!
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</para></tip>
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<sect1 id="cmdline-options">
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<title>Available options</title>
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<para>This section provides the reference list of all command line
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options available in &app;. If you want to know more than just
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a list of options, see next sections: <xref linkend="cmdline-operation"/>
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and <xref linkend="cmdline-examples"/>.
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</para>
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<sect2 id="cmdline-opt-format"><title>Format options</title>
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<para> The format of any file destined for opening, importing,
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or exporting can be specified with the
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<command>-f <replaceable>format</replaceable></command>
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option. The acceptable <replaceable>format</replaceable> values
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are listed below.</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>grdb</term>
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<listitem><para> &app; database. This format is available
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for opening, import, and export. When not specified, it can be
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guessed if the filename ends with .grdb
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>gramps-xml</term>
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<listitem><para> &app; XML database. This format is available
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for opening, import, and export. When not specified, it can be
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guessed if the filename represents a directory.
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>gedcom</term>
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<listitem><para> GEDCOM file. This format is available
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for opening, import, and export. When not specified, it can be
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guessed if the filename ends with .ged
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>gramps-pkg</term>
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<listitem><para> &app; package. This format is available
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for import and export. When not specified, it can be
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guessed if the filename ends with .tgz
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>geneweb</term>
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<listitem><para> GeneWen file This format is available
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for import and export. When not specified, it can be
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guessed if the filename ends with gw
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>wft</term>
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<listitem><para> Web Family Tree. This format is available
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for export only. When not specified, it can be guessed
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if the filename ends with .wft
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>iso</term>
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<listitem><para> CD image. This format is available
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for export only. It must always be specified explicitly.
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="cmdline-opt-open"><title>Opening options</title>
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<para>There are two ways to give &app; the name of the file to
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be opened: </para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>supply bare file name</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>use the
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<command>-O <filename>filename</filename></command> or
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<command>-open=<filename>filename</filename></command> option
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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<para>If the filename is given without any option flag, the attempt
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to open the file will be made, and then the interactive &app; session
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will be launched.
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</para>
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<tip><para>If no option is given, just the file name, &app; will
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ignore the rest of the command line arguments. Use the -O flag
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to open the file and do something with the data.
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</para></tip>
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<para>The format can be specified with the
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<command>-f <replaceable>format</replaceable></command> or
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<command>--format=<replaceable>format</replaceable></command>
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option, immediately following the <filename>filename</filename>.
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If not specified, the guess will be attempted based on
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the <filename>filename</filename>. For gramps-xml
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format, the <filename>filename</filename> is actually the
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name of directory under which the gramps database resides. For
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grdb and gedcom,
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the <filename>filename</filename> is the name of the
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corresponding file.
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</para>
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<tip><para>Only grdb, gramps-xml,
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and gedcom formats can be opened directly.
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For other formats, you will need to use the import option
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which will set up the empty database and then import data into it.
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</para></tip>
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<tip><para>Only a single file can be opened. If you need to combine
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data from several sources, you will need to use
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the import option.</para></tip>
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</sect2>
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<sect2 id="cmdline-opt-import"><title>Import options</title>
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<para> The files destined for import can be specified with the
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<command>-i <filename>filename</filename></command>
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or <command>--import=<filename>filename</filename></command>
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option. The format can be specified with the
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<command>-f <replaceable>format</replaceable></command> or
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<command>--format=<replaceable>format</replaceable></command>
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option, immediately following the <filename>filename</filename>.
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If not specified, the guess will be attempted based on
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the <filename>filename</filename>. For gramps-xml
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format, the <filename>filename</filename> is actually the
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name of directory under which the gramps database resides. For
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grdb, gedcom, gramps-pkg, and geneweb,
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the <filename>filename</filename> is the name of the
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corresponding file.
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</para>
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<tip><para>More than one file can be imported in one command.
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If this is the case, &app; will incorporate the data from
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the next file into the database available at the moment.
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</para></tip>
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<para>When more than one input file is given, each has to be preceded
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by <command>-i</command> flag. The files are imported in the
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specified order, i.e. <command>
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-i <filename>file1</filename>
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-i <filename>file2</filename>
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</command> and <command>
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-i <filename>file2</filename>
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-i <filename>file1</filename>
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</command>
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might produce different gramps IDs in the resulting database.
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</para></sect2>
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<sect2 id="cmdline-opt-export"><title>Export options</title>
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<para> The files destined for export can be specified with the
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<command>-o <filename>filename</filename></command> or
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<command>--output=<filename>filename</filename></command>
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option. The format can be specified with the <command>-f</command>
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option immediately following the <filename>filename</filename>.
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If not specified, the guess will be attempted based on
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the <filename>filename</filename>. For gramps-xml
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and iso formats, the <filename>filename</filename>
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is actually the name of directory the gramps database will be written
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into. For grdb, gedcom, wft, geneweb,
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and gramps-pkg, the <filename>filename</filename>
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is the name of the resulting file.
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</para>
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<tip><para>More than one file can be exported in one command.
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If this is the case, &app; will attempt to write several files
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using the data from the database available at the moment.
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</para></tip>
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<para> When more than one output file is given, each has to be
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preceded by <command>-o</command> flag. The files are written one
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by one, in the specified order.
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</para></sect2>
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<sect2 id="cmdline-opt-action"><title>Action options</title>
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<para> The action to perform on the imported data can be
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specified with the
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<command>-a <replaceable>action</replaceable></command> or
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<command>--action=<replaceable>action</replaceable></command>
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option. This is done after all imports are successfully completed.
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</para>
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<para>Currently available actions are:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>summary</term>
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<listitem><para>This action is the same as
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Reports</guimenu><guisubmenu>View</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Summary</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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</para></listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>check</term>
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<listitem><para>This action is the same as
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<menuchoice><guimenu>Tools</guimenu>
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<guisubmenu>Database Processing</guisubmenu>
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<guimenuitem>Check and Repair</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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</para> </listitem> </varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>report</term>
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<listitem><para>This action allows producing reports
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from the command line. As reports generally have many options
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of their own, this action should be followed by the report option
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string. The string is given using the
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<command>-p <replaceable>option_string</replaceable></command> or
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<command>--options=<replaceable>option_string</replaceable></command>
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option.
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</para>
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<tip><para>
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The report option string should satisfy the following conditions:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>It must not contain any spaces. If some arguments
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need to include spaces, the string should be enclosed with
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quotation marks.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Option string must list pairs of option names
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and values.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Withing a pair, option name and value must be
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separated by the equal sign.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>Different pairs must be separated by commas.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</tip>
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<para>Most of the report options are specific for every report.
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However, there some common options.
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</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>name=report_name</term>
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<listitem> <para>
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This mandatory option determines which report will be
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generated. If the supplied report_name does not correspond
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to any available report, the error message will be printed
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followed by the list of available reports.
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</para>
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</listitem> </varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>show=all</term>
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<listitem> <para>
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This will produce the list of names for all options available for
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a given report.
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</para>
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</listitem> </varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>show=option_name</term>
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<listitem> <para>
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This will print the description of the functionality supplied
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by the option_name, as well as what are the acceptable types
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and values for this option.
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</para>
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</listitem> </varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>
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Use the above options to find out everything about a given report.
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</para>
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<tip><para>
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If an option is not supplied, the last used value will be used.
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If this report has never been generated before, then the
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value from last generated report will be used when applicable.
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Otherwise, the default value will be used.
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</para></tip>
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</listitem> </varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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<para>When more than one output action is given, each has to be
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preceded by <command>-a</command> flag. The actions are performed
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one by one, in the specified order.
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</para></sect2>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="cmdline-operation">
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<title>Operation</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>If the first argument on the command line does not start
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with dash (i.e. no flag), &app; will attempt to open the file
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with the name given by the first argument and start interactive
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session, ignoring the rest of the command line arguments.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If the <command>-O</command> flag is given, then &app; will
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try opening the
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supplied file name and then work with that data, as instructed by
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the further command line parameters.
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</para>
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<note><para>Only one file can be opened in a single invokation
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of &app;. If you need to get data from multiple sources, use
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the importing options by using <command>-i</command> flag.
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</para></note>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>With or without the <command>-O</command> flag, there could
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be multiple imports, exports, and actions specified further on
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the command line by using <command>-i</command>,
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<command>-o</command>, and <command>-a</command> flags.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>The order of <command>-i</command>, <command>-o</command>,
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or <command>-a</command> options with respect to each does not matter.
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The actual execution order always is: all imports (if any) -> all
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exports (if any) -> all actions (if any).</para>
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<note><para>But opening must always be first!</para></note>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If no <command>-O</command> or <command>-i</command>
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option is given, gramps will launch
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its main window and start the usual interactive session with the empty
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database, since there is no data to process, anyway.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>If no <command>-o</command> or <command>-a</command> options
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are given, gramps will launch its main window and start the usual
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interactive session with the database resulted from opening
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and all imports (if any). This database resides in the
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<filename>import_db.grdb</filename> file under the
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<filename>~/.gramps/import/</filename> directory.
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</para></listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Any errors encountered during import, export, or action, will
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be either dumped to stdout (if these are exceptions handled by gramps)
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or or to stderr (if these are not handled). Use usual shell redirections
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of stdout and stderr to save messages and errors in files.
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</para></listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</sect1>
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<sect1 id="cmdline-examples">
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<title>Examples</title>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>To import four databases (whose formats can be determined from
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their names) and then check the resulting database for errors, one may
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type:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>gramps
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-i<filename>file1.ged</filename>
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-i <filename>file2.tgz</filename>
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-i <filename>~/db3</filename>
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-i <filename>file4.wft</filename>
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-a <filename>check</filename></command>
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</para> </listitem></varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>To explicitly specify the formats in the above example, append
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filenames with appropriate <command>-f</command> options:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>gramps
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-i <filename>file1.ged</filename>
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-f <replaceable>gedcom</replaceable>
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-i <filename>file2.tgz</filename>
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-f <replaceable>gramps-pkg</replaceable>
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-i <filename>~/db3</filename>
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-f <replaceable>gramps</replaceable>
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-i <filename>file4.wft</filename>
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-f <replaceable>wft</replaceable>
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-a <replaceable>check</replaceable></command>
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>To record the database resulting from all imports, supply
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<command>-o</command> flag (use <command>-f</command>
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if the filename does not allow gramps to guess the format):</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>gramps
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-i <filename>file1.ged</filename>
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-i <filename>file2.tgz</filename>
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-o <filename>~/new-package</filename>
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-f <replaceable>gramps-pkg</replaceable></command>
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>To save any error messages of the above example into files
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<filename>outfile</filename> and
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<filename>errfile</filename>, run:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>gramps
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-i <filename>file1.ged</filename>
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-i <filename>file2.tgz</filename>
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-o <filename>~/new-package</filename>
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-f <replaceable>gramps-pkg</replaceable>
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><filename>outfile</filename>
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2><filename>errfile</filename> </command>
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</para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>To import three databases and start interactive gramps
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session with the result:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>gramps
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-i <filename>file1.ged</filename>
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-i <filename>file2.tgz</filename>
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-i <filename>~/db3</filename>
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</command>
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</para> </listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>To open a database and, based on that data, generate timeline
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report in PDF format putting the output into the
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<filename>my_timeline.pdf</filename> file:</term>
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<listitem>
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<para><command>gramps
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-O <filename>file.grdb</filename>
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-a <replaceable>report</replaceable>
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-p <replaceable>name=timeline,off=pdf,of=my_timeline.pdf</replaceable>
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</command>
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</para>
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<tip><para>Use the <replaceable>name=timeline,show=all</replaceable>
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to find out about all available options for the timeline report. To
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find out details of a particular option, use
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<replaceable>show=option_name</replaceable>,
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e.g. <replaceable>name=timeline,show=off</replaceable>
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string.</para>
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<para>To learn about available report names, use
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<replaceable>name=show</replaceable> string.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry>
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<term>Finally, to start normal interactive session type:</term>
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<listitem><para> <command>gramps </command></para></listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</sect1>
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</appendix>
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