Definition file grammar

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
                       )
                       | aviso
                       | mirror
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
aviso              ::= "aviso" >>
                       *( "--name" >> identifier
                       | "--listener" >> "'" >> jsonstring >> "'"
                       | "--url" >> ( varvalue | string )
                       | "--polling" >> (varvalue | +(integer))
                       | "--schema" >> ( varvalue | string )
                       | "--auth" >> ( varvalue | string )
                       )
mirror             ::= "mirror" >>
                       *( "--name" >> identifier
                       | "--remote_path" >> string
                       | "--remote_host" >> ( varvalue | string )
                       | "--remote_port" >> ( varvalue | string )
                       | "--polling" >> (varvalue | +(integer))
                       | "--auth" >> ( varvalue | string )
                       | --ssl
                       )
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_datetime | repeat_date |
                       repeat_day | repeat_month | repeat_year |
                       repeat_integer | repeat_enumerated | repeat_string |
                       repeat_datelist
repeat_day         ::= "day" >> 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_datetime    ::= "datetime" >> identifier >>
                       instant >> instant >> duration
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
int_p              ::= integer
two_int_p          ::= 2 digit integer
theYear            ::= 4 digit integer
ymd                ::= 8 digit integer
instant            ::= theYear >> two_int_p >> two_int_p >>
                       "T" >> two_int_p >> two_int_p >> two_int_p
duration           ::= int_p >> ":" >> two_int_p >> ":" >> two_int_p
newline            ::= \n
string             ::= printable_chars >> *(printable_chars)
jsonstring         ::= __ as per JSON format specification __
printable_chars    ::= "a-zA-Z"