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1.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!  It was generated by help2man 1.33.
2.TH AUTOCONF "1" "November 2003" "autoconf 2.59" "User Commands"
3.SH NAME
4autoconf \- Generate configuration scripts
5.SH SYNOPSIS
6.B autoconf
7[\fIOPTION\fR] ... [\fITEMPLATE-FILE\fR]
8.SH DESCRIPTION
9Generate a configuration script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or
10`configure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in'.  Output is sent
11to the standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into
12`configure'.
13.SS "Operation modes:"
14.TP
15\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
16print this help, then exit
17.TP
18\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
19print version number, then exit
20.TP
21\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
22verbosely report processing
23.TP
24\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
25don't remove temporary files
26.TP
27\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
28consider all files obsolete
29.TP
30\fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-output\fR=\fIFILE\fR
31save output in FILE (stdout is the default)
32.TP
33\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR=\fICATEGORY\fR
34report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]
35.SS "Warning categories include:"
36.TP
37`cross'
38cross compilation issues
39.TP
40`obsolete'
41obsolete constructs
42.TP
43`syntax'
44dubious syntactic constructs
45.TP
46`all'
47all the warnings
48.TP
49`no-CATEGORY'
50turn off the warnings on CATEGORY
51.TP
52`none'
53turn off all the warnings
54.TP
55`error'
56warnings are error
57.PP
58The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored.
59.SS "Library directories:"
60.TP
61\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-prepend\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR
62prepend directory DIR to search path
63.TP
64\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-include\fR=\fIDIR\fR
65append directory DIR to search path
66.SS "Tracing:"
67.TP
68\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-trace\fR=\fIMACRO\fR
69report the list of calls to MACRO
70.TP
71\fB\-i\fR, \fB\-\-initialization\fR
72also trace Autoconf's initialization process
73.PP
74In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.
75.SH AUTHOR
76Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
77.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
78Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
79.SH COPYRIGHT
80Copyright \(co 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
81.br
82This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
83warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
84.SH "SEE ALSO"
85.BR autoconf (1),
86.BR automake (1),
87.BR autoreconf (1),
88.BR autoupdate (1),
89.BR autoheader (1),
90.BR autoscan (1),
91.BR config.guess (1),
92.BR config.sub (1),
93.BR ifnames (1),
94.BR libtool (1).
95.PP
96The full documentation for
97.B autoconf
98is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
99.B info
100and
101.B autoconf
102programs are properly installed at your site, the command
103.IP
104.B info autoconf
105.PP
106should give you access to the complete manual.
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