A manual page allows documentation in an ecf script to be viewable in ecflow_ui.
The manual page is the concatenation of all the text within the %manual and %end directives.
Modify t2.ecf to have the following:
%manual Manual for task t2 Operations: if this task fails, set it to complete and report next working day Analyst: Check something ? %end %include <head.h> echo "I am part of a suite that lives in %ECF_HOME%" %include <tail.h> %manual There can be multiple manual pages in the same file. When viewed they are simply concatenated. %end
A manual page can also be added to a family and suite node.
Create a file called f1.man in $HOME/course/test as the FAMILY man page
This manual is for family %FAMILY% It can have any text and will also have variable substitution Notice that this does not have manual..end since the whole file is a manual page.
Now create the file test.man in $HOME/course as the SUITE man page
%manual This is the manual page for the %SUITE% suite. It lives in %ECF_HOME% %end This text is not visible in the man page since it is out side of the %manual..%end
Notice that for family and suite nodes that the addition %manual..%end is not strictly necessary. However by adding %manual..%end you can decide what parts are made visible to the GUI.
What to do
- Modify $HOME/course/test/f1/t2.ecf script
- Add the file $HOME/course/test/f1.man
- Add the file $HOME/course/test.man
- View the manual page for task test/f1/t2 in ecflow_ui
- View the manual page for family test/f1 in ecflow_ui
- View the manual page for suite test in ecflow_ui