autogen (GNU AutoGen) 5.18.12

autogen (GNU AutoGen) - The Automated Program Generator - Ver. 5.18.12 Usage: autogen [ -<flag> [<val>] | --<name>[{=| }<val>] ]... [ <def-file> ] The following options select definitions, templates and scheme functions to use: Flg Arg Option-Name Description -L Str templ-dirs Search for templates in DIR - may appear multiple times -T Str override-tpl Use TPL-FILE for the template - may not be preset Str definitions Read definitions from FILE - disabled as '--no-definitions' - enabled by default - may not be preset Str shell name or path name of shell to use -m no no-fmemopen Do not use in-mem streams Str equate characters considered equivalent The following options modify how output is handled: Flg Arg Option-Name Description -b Str base-name Specify NAME as the base name for output - may not be preset no source-time set mod times to latest source - disabled as '--no-source-time' no writable Allow output files to be writable - disabled as '--not-writable' The following options are often useful while debugging new templates: Flg Arg Option-Name Description Num loop-limit Limit on increment loops - is scalable with a suffix: k/K/m/M/g/G/t/T - it must lie in one of the ranges: -1 exactly, or 1 to 16777216 -t Num timeout Limit server shell operations to SECONDS - it must be in the range: 0 to 3600 KWd trace tracing level of detail Str trace-out tracing output file or filter --- show-defs This option has been disabled no used-defines Show the definitions used - may not be preset -C no core Leave a core dump on a failure exit These options can be used to control what gets processed in the definitions files and template files: Flg Arg Option-Name Description -s Str skip-suffix Skip the file with this SUFFIX - prohibits the option 'select-suffix' - may not be preset - may appear multiple times -o Str select-suffix specify this output suffix - may not be preset - may appear multiple times -D Str define name to add to definition list - may appear multiple times -U Str undefine definition list removal pattern - an alternate for 'define' This option is used to automate dependency tracking: Flg Arg Option-Name Description -M opt make-dep emit make dependency file - may not be preset - may appear multiple times help, version and option handling: Flg Arg Option-Name Description -R Str reset-option reset an option's state -v opt version output version information and exit -? no help display extended usage information and exit -! no more-help extended usage information passed thru pager -u no usage abbreviated usage to stdout -> opt save-opts save the option state to a config file -< Str load-opts load options from a config file - disabled as '--no-load-opts' - may appear multiple times Options are specified by doubled hyphens and their name or by a single hyphen and the flag character. AutoGen creates text files from templates using external definitions. The following option preset mechanisms are supported: - reading file $HOME/.autogenrc - reading file ./.autogenrc - examining environment variables named AUTOGEN_* The valid "trace" option keywords are: nothing debug-message server-shell templates block-macros expressions everything or an integer from 0 through 6 AutoGen is a tool designed for generating program files that contain repetitive text with varied substitutions. Please send bug reports to: <autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net>