aeget(1)

NAME
aeget - Aegis CGI file access

SYNOPSIS
aeget

DESCRIPTION
The aeget command is used with Apache (or CGI conforming any other web server) to access the files of an Aegis project. The files are searched for along the appropriate search path, including all ancestor baslines, not just the baseline of the branch.

This is useful when developing web sites using Aegis.

  Install
In order to use aeget(1), you need to copy it into your cgi-bin directory.

You may prefer to use a symbolic link, as this will be more stable across Aegis upgrades. However, this requires a corresponding follow-symlinks setting in your web server's configuration file.

  Usage
Once aeget(1) is installed, files may be accessed via
    http://localhost/cgi-bin/aeget/project-name/
If no project name is given, a list of projects will be generated. This will lead you through a series of menus, giving access to manu useful pages of information about your projects.

  Cascading Style Sheets
The web interface uses Cascading Style Sheets. You can give the web interface a personalised look and feel, by creating stylesheets in the web server's Document Root directory. The interface will use it's default styles, then styles from a global style sheet called aedefault.css, and then styles from a project stylesheet called projectname.css (replace projectname with the name of the project).

There is an example style sheet in /aedefault.css which demonstrates the style elements used. This particular stylesheet is not designed to be aesthetically pleasing, but to exercise all of the elements. Using this stylesheet unmodified will give psychedelic results. Use it as a template.