autom4te - Generate files and scripts thanks to M4
autom4te [
OPTION]... [
FILES]
Run GNU M4 on the FILES, avoiding useless runs. Output the traces if tracing,
the frozen file if freezing, otherwise the expansion of the FILES.
If some of the FILES are named `FILE.m4f' they are considered to be M4 frozen
files of all the previous files (which are therefore not loaded). If
`FILE.m4f' is not found, then `FILE.m4' will be used, together with all the
previous files.
Some files may be optional, i.e., will only be processed if found in the include
path, but then must end in `.m4?'; the question mark is not part of the actual
file name.
-
-h, --help
- print this help, then exit
-
-V, --version
- print version number, then exit
-
-v, --verbose
- verbosely report processing
-
-d, --debug
- don't remove temporary files
-
-o, --output=FILE
- save output in FILE (defaults to `-', stdout)
-
-f, --force
- don't rely on cached values
-
-W, --warnings=CATEGORY
- report the warnings falling in CATEGORY
-
-l, --language=LANG
- specify the set of M4 macros to use
-
-C, --cache=DIRECTORY
- preserve results for future runs in DIRECTORY
- --no-cache
- disable the cache
-
-m, --mode=OCTAL
- change the non trace output file mode (0666)
-
-M, --melt
- don't use M4 frozen files
- `Autoconf'
- create Autoconf configure scripts
- `Autotest'
- create Autotest test suites
- `M4sh'
- create M4sh shell scripts
- `M4sugar'
- create M4sugar output
- `cross'
- cross compilation issues
- `gnu'
- GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
- `obsolete'
- obsolete features or constructions
- `override'
- user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
- `portability'
- portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
- `syntax'
- dubious syntactic constructs (default)
- `unsupported'
- unsupported or incomplete features (default)
- `all'
- all the warnings
- `no-CATEGORY'
- turn off warnings in CATEGORY
- `none'
- turn off all the warnings
- `error'
- treat warnings as errors
The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.
-
-B, --prepend-include=DIR
- prepend directory DIR to search path
-
-I, --include=DIR
- append directory DIR to search path
-
-t, --trace=MACRO[:FORMAT]
- report the MACRO invocations
-
-p, --preselect=MACRO
- prepare to trace MACRO in a future run
-
-F, --freeze
- produce an M4 frozen state file for FILES
- $$
- literal $
- $f
- file where macro was called
- $l
- line where macro was called
- $d
- nesting depth of macro call
- $n
- name of the macro
- $NUM
- argument NUM, unquoted and with newlines
- $SEP@
- all arguments, with newlines, quoted, and separated by
SEP
- $SEP*
- all arguments, with newlines, unquoted, and separated by
SEP
- $SEP%
- all arguments, without newlines, unquoted, and separated by
SEP
SEP can be empty for the default (comma for @ and *, colon for %), a single
character for that character, or {STRING} to use a string.
Written by Akim Demaille.
Report bugs to <
[email protected]>. GNU Autoconf home page:
<
http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>. General help using GNU
software: <
http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL
version 2 or later <
http://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO
WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
autoconf(1),
automake(1),
autoreconf(1),
autoupdate(1),
autoheader(1),
autoscan(1),
config.guess(1),
config.sub(1),
ifnames(1),
libtool(1).
The full documentation for
autom4te is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If
the
info and
autom4te programs are properly installed at your
site, the command
- info autom4te
should give you access to the complete manual.