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AUTOCONF(1)                                     User Commands                                    AUTOCONF(1)



NAME
       autoconf - Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS
       autoconf [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION
       Generate  a configuration script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `configure.ac' if present, or else
       `configure.in'.  Output is sent to the standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into  `config-ure'. `configure'.
       ure'.

   Operation modes:
       -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

       -f, --force
              consider all files obsolete

       -o, --output=FILE
              save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

   Warning categories include:
       `cross'
              cross compilation issues

       `obsolete'
              obsolete constructs

       `syntax'
              dubious syntactic constructs

       `all'  all the warnings

       `no-CATEGORY'
              turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
              warnings are error

       The environment variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are honored.

   Library directories:
       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
              prepend directory DIR to search path

       -I, --include=DIR
              append directory DIR to search path

   Tracing:
       -t, --trace=MACRO
              report the list of calls to MACRO

       -i, --initialization
              also trace Autoconf's initialization process

       In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU General Public
       License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.  There is NO WARRANTY, to  the  extent  permitted  by
       law.

SEE ALSO
       autoconf(1),  automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1),
       config.sub(1), ifnames(1), glibtool(1).

       The full documentation for autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and autoconf pro-grams programs
       grams are properly installed at your site, the command

              info autoconf

       should give you access to the complete manual.



autoconf 2.61                                   November 2006                                    AUTOCONF(1)

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