CIF_DDLM_DIC_CHECK(1)

💖 CIF_DDLM_DIC_CHECK 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're about to talk about cif_ddlm_dic_check — that's the section 1 general commands manual page, the one you pull up when you need to vibe check your DDLm dictionaries 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

cif_ddlm_dic_check — check DDLm dictionaries against a set of best practice rules.

like, it's literally a dictionary hall monitor. but make it cute. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

cif_ddlm_dic_check --options cif_core.dic

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Check DDLm dictionaries against a set of best practice rules.

that's it, that's the whole job. it reads your dictionary, it holds up the best-practice checklist, and it tells you what's giving and what's not. 👑

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⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

• --report-redundant-range-limits — report explicit range limits that match implicit range limits imposed by the content type. so if you wrote out a limit that the content type was already enforcing on its own, this calls it out. lowkey redundant, highkey reportable. 🙈
• --no-report-redundant-range-limits — do not report explicit range limits that match implicit range limits imposed by the content type. this one is the Default. 😌
• --check-references-in-descriptions — check if the data names referenced in the free-text descriptions and usage examples of data items and categories are defined in the dictionary. this check uses ad hoc code to recognise data names and therefore might produce false-positive validation messages. so like... it's trying its best, but it is pattern-matching, so don't come for it when it gets a little overexcited. 💀
• --no-check-references-in-descriptions — do not check if the data names referenced in the free-text descriptions and usage examples of data items and categories are defined in the dictionary. also the Default. 🌈
• -I, --add-ddlm-import-path './ddlm/cod/' — prepend an additional directory to the dictionary import path. the dictionary import path specifies a list of directories in which to look for files that are imported by DDLm-compliant CIF dictionaries. directories provided using this option are assigned the highest priority and are searched prior to the directories listed in the COD_TOOLS_DDLM_IMPORT_PATH environment variable or the default import path (directory of the importing dictionary). so yeah, this one jumps the queue. main character energy fr. 🔥
• --clear-ddlm-import-path — remove all directories from the dictionary import path that were added using the --add-ddlm-import-path option. neither COD_TOOLS_DDLM_IMPORT_PATH environment variable nor the default import path is affected by this option. it's a very targeted little reset, bestie — it only clears what you added. ✨
• --help, --usage — output a short usage message (this message) and exit. the classic escape hatch. 🫶
• --version — output version information and exit. know your era. 💜

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🧚 ENVIRONMENT 🧚

• COD_TOOLS_DDLM_IMPORT_PATH — a list of directories in which to look for the DDLm-compliant CIF dictionaries that are imported by other DDLm-compliant CIF dictionaries. list elements are separated by the colon symbol (':'). directories listed in COD_TOOLS_DDLM_IMPORT_PATH have a lower priority than those provided using the command line option (--add-dictionary-import-path), but higher than the default import path directory (directory of the importing dictionary).

so the priority order is giving: command line option on top 👑, then COD_TOOLS_DDLM_IMPORT_PATH, then the default import path directory at the bottom of the pile. 🍓

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😭 REPORTING BUGS 😭

report cif_ddlm_dic_check bugs using e-mail: cod-bugs@ibt.lt

if it's acting up, tell the devs! they wanna know! don't suffer in silence, that's not the vibe. 💖

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ok so real talk, bestie: every flag, every default, every path and every env var on this page is here, untouched, no cap. the vibe is mine, the facts are theirs. 🧚✨

and that's the whole page!! CIF_DDLM_DIC_CHECK(1), section 1, General Commands Manual — go forth and validate, you absolute icon. slay. 💅👑