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<refentry id="bug-buddy-1">

<refmeta><refentrytitle>bug-buddy</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum>

<refmiscinfo class="date">06 Oct 2003</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="sectdesc">&man1;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="software">&release;</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="arch">generic</refmiscinfo>

<refmiscinfo class="copyright">&suncopy;</refmiscinfo>

</refmeta>

<indexterm><primary>bug-buddy</primary></indexterm><indexterm><primary>graphical

bug reporting tool</primary></indexterm>

<refnamediv id="bug-buddy-1-name"><refname>bug-buddy</refname><refpurpose>

graphical bug reporting tool</refpurpose></refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv id="bug-buddy-1-synp"><title>&synp-tt;</title>

<cmdsynopsis><command>&cmd;</command>

<arg><option>-appname=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-core=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-email=<replaceable>mailid</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-include=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-package=<replaceable>package</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-package-ver=<replaceable>version</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg><option>-pid=<replaceable>pid</replaceable></option></arg>

<arg choice="opt"><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></arg>

</cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-desc"><title>&desc-tt;</title>

<para>The Bug Report Tool application simplifies the process of reporting

bugs, and makes the bug reports more useful and informative for the developer.

</para>

<para></para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-opts"><title>&opts-tt;</title>

<para>The following options are supported:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium">

<varlistentry><term><option>-appname=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the filename of the crashed application.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-core=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the filename of the core file created by the crashed

application.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-email=<replaceable>mailid</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the email address of the person who logged the bug.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-include=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the name of a text file to include in the bug report.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-name=<replaceable>name</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the name of the person who logged the bug.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-package=<replaceable>package</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the package that contains the crashed application.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-package-ver=<replaceable>version</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the version number of the package that contains

the crashed application.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><option>-pid=<replaceable>pid</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Specifies the process identifier of the crashed application.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry>

<term><option role="nodash"><replaceable>gnome-std-options</replaceable></option></term>

<listitem><para>Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>.

</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-exam"><title>&exam-tt;</title>

<example role="example">

<title>Launching Bug Report Tool</title>

<para><screen>example% <userinput>&cmd; </userinput></screen></para>

</example>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-exit"><title>&exit-tt;</title>

<para>The following exit values are returned:</para>

<variablelist termlength="xtranarrow">

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited successfully</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

<varlistentry><term><returnvalue>>0</returnvalue></term><listitem><para>Application

exited with failure</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-file"><title>&file-tt;</title>

<para>The following files are used by this application:</para>

<variablelist termlength="medium">

<varlistentry><term><filename>/usr/bin/&cmd;</filename> </term><listitem>

<para>Executable for Bug Report Tool.</para>

</listitem></varlistentry>

</variablelist></refsect1>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-attr"><title>&attr-tt;</title>

<para>See <olink targetdocent="REFMAN5" localinfo="attributes-5"><citerefentry>

<refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry></olink>

for descriptions of the following attributes:</para>

<informaltable frame="all">

<tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1"><colspec colname="COLSPEC0" colwidth="1*">

<colspec colname="COLSPEC1" colwidth="1*">

<thead>

<row><entry align="center" valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE TYPE</entry><entry align="center"

valign="middle">ATTRIBUTE VALUE</entry></row>

</thead>

<tbody>

<row><entry><para>Availability</para></entry><entry><para>gnome/crash-report/bug-buddy</para></entry>

</row>

<row><entry colname="COLSPEC0"><para>Interface stability</para></entry><entry

colname="COLSPEC1"><para>Volatile</para></entry></row>

</tbody>

</tgroup>

</informaltable>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-also"><title>&also-tt;</title>

<para>

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>attributes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>,

<citerefentry><refentrytitle>gnome-std-options</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry>

</para>

<para><citetitle>Bug Report Tool Manual</citetitle></para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="bug-buddy-1-note"><title>&note-tt;</title>

<para>This man page was originally written by David LaBissoniere (labisso@debian.org)

for Debian GNU/Linux. Updated by Jacob Berkman (jacob@bug-buddy.org). Updated

by Laszlo Kovacs, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2003.</para>

</refsect1>

</refentry>