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1.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.36.
2.TH AUTOM4TE "1" "November 2006" "autom4te 2.61" "User Commands"
3.SH NAME
4autom4te \- Generate files and scripts thanks to M4
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B autom4te
7[\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fIFILES\fR]
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9Run GNU M4 on the FILES, avoiding useless runs. Output the traces if tracing,
10the frozen file if freezing, otherwise the expansion of the FILES.
11.PP
12If some of the FILES are named `FILE.m4f' they are considered to be M4
13frozen files of all the previous files (which are therefore not loaded).
14If `FILE.m4f' is not found, then `FILE.m4' will be used, together with
15all the previous files.
16.PP
17Some files may be optional, i.e., will only be processed if found in the
18include path, but then must end in `.m4?'; the question mark is not part of
19the actual file name.
20.SS "Operation modes:"
21.TP
22\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
23print this help, then exit
24.TP
25\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
26print version number, then exit
27.TP
28\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
29verbosely report processing
30.TP
31\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
32don't remove temporary files
33.TP
34\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
35save output in FILE (defaults to `\-', stdout)
36.TP
37\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
38don't rely on cached values
39.TP
40\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR=\fICATEGORY\fR
41report the warnings falling in CATEGORY
42.TP
43\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-language\fR=\fILANG\fR
44specify the set of M4 macros to use
45.TP
46\fB\-C\fR, \fB\-\-cache\fR=\fIDIRECTORY\fR
47preserve results for future runs in DIRECTORY
48.TP
49\fB\-\-no\-cache\fR
50disable the cache
51.TP
52\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fIOCTAL\fR
53change the non trace output file mode (0666)
54.TP
55\fB\-M\fR, \fB\-\-melt\fR
56don't use M4 frozen files
57.SS "Languages include:"
58.TP
59`Autoconf'
60create Autoconf configure scripts
61.TP
62`Autotest'
63create Autotest test suites
64.TP
65`M4sh'
66create M4sh shell scripts
67.TP
68`M4sugar'
69create M4sugar output
70.SS "Warning categories include:"
71.TP
72`cross'
73cross compilation issues
74.TP
75`gnu'
76GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
77.TP
78`obsolete'
79obsolete features or constructions
80.TP
81`override'
82user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
83.TP
84`portability'
85portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
86.TP
87`syntax'
88dubious syntactic constructs (default)
89.TP
90`unsupported'
91unsupported or incomplete features (default)
92.TP
93`all'
94all the warnings
95.TP
96`no\-CATEGORY'
97turn off warnings in CATEGORY
98.TP
99`none'
100turn off all the warnings
101.TP
102`error'
103treat warnings as errors
104.PP
105The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.
106.SS "Library directories:"
107.TP
108\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-prepend\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR
109prepend directory DIR to search path
110.TP
111\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR
112append directory DIR to search path
113.SS "Tracing:"
114.TP
115\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-trace\fR=\fIMACRO\fR
116report the MACRO invocations
117.TP
118\fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-preselect\fR=\fIMACRO\fR
119prepare to trace MACRO in a future run
120.SS "Freezing:"
121.TP
122\fB\-F\fR, \fB\-\-freeze\fR
123produce an M4 frozen state file for FILES
124.SH AUTHOR
125Written by Akim Demaille.
126.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
127Report bugs to <bug\-autoconf@gnu.org>.
128.SH COPYRIGHT
129Copyright \(co 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
130.br
131This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of
132the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
133There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
134.SH "SEE ALSO"
135.BR autoconf (1),
136.BR automake (1),
137.BR autoreconf (1),
138.BR autoupdate (1),
139.BR autoheader (1),
140.BR autoscan (1),
141.BR config.guess (1),
142.BR config.sub (1),
143.BR ifnames (1),
144.BR libtool (1).
145.PP
146The full documentation for
147.B autom4te
148is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the
149.B info
150and
151.B autom4te
152programs are properly installed at your site, the command
153.IP
154.B info autom4te
155.PP
156should give you access to the complete manual.
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