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Token
Meaning
‘*’Zero or more
‘!’Zero or one
‘+’One or more
‘>>’Sequence/concatenation
‘|’alternate
‘-‘not
defs  ::=  *( nextline | extern ) >> +suite >> EOL
extern  ::=  "extern" >> ( absolutepath  >> !( ":" >> identifier ) >> +nextline
suite  ::=  "suite" >> suiteName >> *( variable | inlimit | defstatus  | limit | late | clock | repeat | autocancel | zombie ) >> *( family | task ) >> endsuite
family  ::=  "family" >> familyName >> !leaf_ecf >> *(task | family) >> endfamily
task  ::=  "task"  >> taskName  >> leaf_ecf  >> !endtask
leaf_ecf  ::=  *( variable | trigger | time | today | date | day | defstatus | complete | inlimit | label | event | late | limit | meter | repeat | cron | autocancel | zombie )
clock  ::=  "clock" >> ( "real"| "hybrid" ) >> ( ( clock_date >> !(hh_mm | int ) ) | (hh_mm | int )) >> +nextline
trigger  ::=  "trigger"  >> expression >> +nextline
complete  ::=  "complete" >> expression >> +nextline
variable  ::=  "edit" >> identifier >> varvalue >> +nextline
label  ::=  "label" >> identifier >> quotedstring  >> +nextline
time  ::=  "time" >> !'+ >> (timeseries | two_int_p >> “:” two_int_p) >> +nextline
today  ::=  "today" >> !'+ >> (timeseries | two_int_p >> “:” two_int_p ) >> +nextline
day  ::=  "day" >> (“monday” | “tuesday” | “wednesday” | “thursday” | “friday” | “saturday” | “sunday”) + nextline
date  ::=  "date"  >> !’+’ >> (  two_int_p | ‘*’  )  >> "." >>  ( two_int_p | ‘*’) >> "." >> (two_int_p | ‘*’)
autocancel  ::=  "autocancel"  >> !’+’ >> (( two_int_p >> ‘:’ >> two_int_p) | unsigned integer) >> +nextline
limit  ::=  "limit" >> ( identifier >> unsigned int ) >> +nextline
inlimit  ::=  "inlimit" >>( (nodePath >> ":“ >> identifier) | identifier )) >> ! unsigned int >> +nextline
event  ::=  eventcontent2 | eventcontent1;
eventcontent1  ::=  "event”  >> ( eventnumber  |  eventname  ) >> +nextline
eventcontent2  ::=  "event”  >> ( eventnumber  >> eventname  ) >> +nextline
meter  ::=  "meter" >> identifier >> ( int >> int >> !unsigned int) >> +nextline
defstatus  ::=  "defstatus" >> dstate  >> +nextline
endsuite  ::=  "endsuite" >> *nextline
endfamily  ::=  "endfamily" >> +nextline
endtask  ::=  "endtask" >> +nextline
zombie  ::=  "zombie" >> zombie_type >> ":" >> !(client_side_action | server_side_action) >> ":" >> *child >> ":" >> !zombie_life_time
zombie_type  ::=  "user" | "ecf" | "path"
child  ::=  "init" | "event" | "meter" | "label" | "wait" | "abort" | "complete"
client_side_action ::=  "fob" | "fail" | "block"
server_side_action ::=  "adopt" | "delete" | "kill"
zombie_life_time  ::=  unsigned integer  ( default:  user(300), ecf(3600), path(900)  )
late  ::=  "late" >> late_option >> !late_option  >> !late_option >> +nextline
late_option  ::=  "-c" >> hh_mm | ("-s" >> hh_mm ) | "-a" >> hh_mm
repeat  ::=  "repeat" >> repeat_type >> +nextline
repeat_type  ::= repeat_date | repeat_day | repeat_month | repeat_year | repeat_integer | repeat_enumerated | repeat_string | repeat_datelist
repeat_day  ::=  "day" >> unsigned integer >> !ymd
repeat_month  ::=  “month" >> unsigned integer >> !ymd
repeat_year  ::=  "year" >> unsigned integer >> !ymd
repeat_integer  ::=  "integer" >> identifier >> integer >> " " >> integer >> " " >> integer
repeat_enumerated  ::=  "enumerated" >> identifier >> +identifier
repeat_string  ::=  "string" >> identifier >> +identifier
repeat_date  ::=  "date" >> identifier >> ymd >> ymd >> integer
repeat_datelist ::= "datelist" >> identifier >> +( ymd ) varvalue ::= tickquotedstring | quotedstring | identifier suiteName ::= node_name >> +nextline familyName ::= node_name >> +nextline taskName ::= node_name >> +nextline nodestate ::= "complete” | "unknown” | "queued" | "aborted" | “active” dstate ::= "complete” | "unknown” | "queued" | "aborted" | “active” | “suspended” eventnumber ::= unsigned integer eventname ::= identifier hh_mm ::= !'+' >> two_int_p >> ":" >> two_int_p clock_date ::= ( two_int_p | ‘*’ ) >> "." >> ( two_int_p | ‘*’ ) >> "." >> (two_int_p | ‘*’) cron ::= "cron" >> ((‘-w >> +int) | (‘-d’ >> +int) | (‘-m’ >> +int)) >> timeseries >> +nextline node_name ::= (alpha_numeric | ‘_’ ) >> *(alpha_numeric | ‘_’ | ‘.’ ) comment ::= ’#’ >> printable chars > newline nextline ::= newline | comment timeseries ::= two_int_p >> “:” >> two_int_p >> two_int_p >> “:” >> two_int_p >> two_int_p >> “:” >> two_int_p quotedstring ::= ’”‘ >> *(printable chars) >> ‘”’ tickquotedstring ::= ’'’ >> *(print_p - nextline) ] absolutepath ::= !’/’ >> identifier >> *( ‘/’ >> identifier ) dotdotpath ::= ".." >> +( ‘/’ >> identifier ) dotpath ::= ‘.’ >> +( ‘/’ >> identifier ) identifier ::= (alpha_numeric | ‘_’) >> *(alpha_numeric | ‘_’) nodePath ::= absolutepath | dotdotpath | dotpath expression ::= printable chars >> !’\’ >> nextline two_int_p ::= 2 digit integer theYear ::= 4 digit integer ymd ::= 8 digit integer newline ::= \n