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NAME

        c_incl - determine dependencies

SYNOPSIS

        c_incl [ option...  ] filename
        c_incl -Help
        c_incl -VERSion

DESCRIPTION

        The c_incl program is used to traverse source files looking for include dependencies
        suitable for [collect]ion or #include-cooked-ing by cook.

        The filename ``-'' is understood to mean the standard input.  When you use this file
        name, caching is ignored.

        Several input languages are supported, see the options list for details.

OPTIONS

        The following options are understood.

        -C      The source file is a C source file.  It is assumed that it will have the
                dependencies resolved by the cpp(1) command.  The same include semantics as the
                cpp(1) command will be employed.  This is the default.  This is short-hand for
                ``--language=c''

        --Language=name
                This option may be used to specify the language of the source file.  Know names
                include ``C'', ``M4'', ``optimistic'' and ``roff''.

                The ``optimistic'' language will take on almost anything.  It accepts an include
                keyword in any case, including mixed, with leading white space, but at most one
                leading punctuation character.  It assumes that the filename follows the include
                keyword and does not contain white space, and does not start or end with
                punctuation characters (it strips off any it may find).  The rest of the line is
                ignored.  The drawback is that it will sometimes recognise commands and other
                text as unintended include directives, hence the name.  This is often used to
                recognise include directives in a wide variety of assembler input.

        -Roff   The source file is a *roff source file.  It is assumed that it will have the
                dependencies resolved by the roffpp(1) command.  The same include semantics as
                the roffpp(1) command will be employed.  This is short-hand for
                ``--language=roff''

        -Verbose
                Tell what is happening.

        -Ipath
                Specify include path, a la cc(1).

        -I-
                Any directories you specify with -I options before the -I- option are searched
                only for the case of #include "file"; they  are  not  searched for #include
                <file>.

                If  additional  directories are specified with -I options after  the -I-, these
                directories are searched for all #include directives.  (Ordinarily all -I
                directories are used this way.)

                In addition, the -I- option inhibits the  use  of the current directory (where
                the current input file came from) as the first search directory for #include
                "file".  There is no way to override this effect of -I-.  With -I. you can
                specify searching the directory which was current when c_incl was invoked.  That
                is not exactly the same as what the preprocessor does by default, but it is often
                satisfactory.

                The -I- option does not inhibit the use of the standard system directories for
                header files.  Thus, -I- and -No_System are independent.

        -Absolute_Paths
                This option may be used to allow absolute paths in the output.  This is usually
                the default.

        -No_Absolute_Paths
                This option may be used to exclude absolute paths from the output.

        -Absent_Local_Ignore
                For files included using a #include ''filename.h'' directive, ignore the file if
                it cannot be found.

        -Absent_Local_Mention
                For files included using a #include ''filename.h'' directive, print the file name
                even if the file cannot be found.  This is the default (it probably needs to be
                built).

        -Absent_Local_Error
                For files included using a #include ''filename.h'' directive, print a fatal error
                if the file cannot be found.

        -Absent_System_Ignore
                For files included with a #include <filename.h> directive, ignore the file if it
                cannot be found.  This is the default (it was probably ifdef'ed out).

        -Absent_System_Mention
                For files included with a #include <filename.h> directive, print the file name
                even if the file cannot be found.

        -Absent_System_Error
                For files included with a #include <filename.h> directive, print a fatal error if
                the file cannot be found.

        -Absent_Program_Ignore
                If the file named on the command line cannot be found, behave as if the file were
                found, but was empty.

        -Absent_Program_Error
                If the file named on the command line cannot be found, print a fatal error
                message.  This is the default.

        -Escape_Newlines
                This option may be used to request that newlines in the output are escaped with
                backslash (``\'') characters.

        -Help
                Give information on how to use c_incl.

        -EXclude filename
                This option may be used to nominate include file names which are not to be used.

        -VERSion
                Tell what version of c_incl is being run.

        -Interior_Files filename...
                This option may be used to tell c_incl about include files which don't exist yet.
                This is because they are interior to the dependency graph, but cook(1) hasn't
                finished walking it yet.  Often used with Cook's [interior-files] function.
                (Note: the filename list has an arbitrary number of files; it ends at the next
                option or end-of-line, so you need to be careful where you put the input
                filename.)

        -No_System
                Do not search the /usr/include directory.  By default this is searched last.
                This option implies the -No_Absolute_Paths option, unless explicitly
                contradicted.

        -CAche
                This option may be used to turn caching on.  This is the default.

        -No_Cache
                This option may be used to turn caching off.

        -PREfix string
                This option may be used to print a string before any of the filenames are
                printed.  It will not be printed if no file names are printed.

        -Quote_FileNames
                This option may be used to have c_incl quote filenames.  This permits filenames
                to contain characters which are special to Cook, including spaces.

        -SUFfix string
                This option may be used to print a string after all of the filenames are printed.
                It will not be printed if no file names are printed.

        -Output filename
                This option may be used to specify the output file.  Defaults to the standard
                output if not set.

        -No_Source_Relative_Includes
                This option will give a fatal error if a #include ''filename.h'' directive is
                used.  This is necessary when you are using Cook's search_list functionality to
                stitch together a baseline and a private work area.

        -RECursion
                This option may be used to specify that nested include files are to be scanned,
                so that their includes may also be discovered.  This is the default.

        -No_RECursion
                This option may be use to specify that nested include files are not to be
                scanned.  This option is recommended for use with the Cook cascade-for recipes.
                This option implies -No_Cache, unless a -Cache option is specified.

        -Remove_Leading_Path path
                This option may be used to remove path prefixes from the included filenames.  May
                be used more than once.  This is necessary when you are using Cook's search_list
                functionality to stitch together a baseline and a private work area; usually as
                ``[prepost "-rlp=" "" [search_list]]''

        -STripdot
                This option may be used to specify that leading redundant dot directories are to
                be removed from paths before processing.  This is the default.

        -No_STripdot
                This option may be used to specify that leading redundant dot directories need
                not be removed from paths before processing.  (Some path flattening may still
                occur.)

        -Substitute_Leading_Path from to
                This option may be used to modify path prefixes from the included filenames.  May
                be used more than once.  This is necessary when you are performing heterogeneous
                builds in the same directory tree.  By using an ``arch'' variable to hold the
                architecture, and placing each architecture's objects in a separate directory
                tree, this option may be used as ``-slp [arch] "'[arch]'"'' (The outer quotes
                protect from Cook, the inner quotes protect from the shell.)  If you need more
                intricate editing, used sed(1).

        Any other options will generate an error.

        All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters,
        all lower case letters and underscores (_) are optional.  You must use consecutive
        sequences of optional letters.

        All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or lower case or a
        combination of both, case is not important.

        For example: the arguments "-help", "-HEL" and "-h" are all interpreted to mean the -Help
        option.  The argument "-hlp" will not be understood, because consecutive optional
        characters were not supplied.

        Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line.

        The GNU long option names are understood.  Since all option names for c_incl are long,
        this means ignoring the extra leading '-'.  The "--option=value" convention is also
        understood.

CACHING

        The caching mechanism use by the c_incl program caches the results of searching files for
        include files (in a file called .c_inclrc in the current directory).  The cache is only
        refreshed when a file changes.

        The use of this cache has been shown to dramatically increase the performance of the
        c_incl program.  Typically, only a small proportions files in a project change between
        builds, resulting in a very high cache hit rate.

        When using caching, always use the same command line options, otherwise weird and
        wonderful things will happen.

        The .c_inclrc file is a binary file.  If you wish to rebuild the cache, simply delete
        this file with the rm(1) command.  Being a binary file, the .c_inclrc file is not
        portable across machines or operating systems, so you will need to delete it when you
        move your sources.  It is a binary file for performance.

        Accesses to the .c_inclrc file use file locking, so recipies using c_incl need not use
        the single-thread clause.

EXIT STATUS

        The c_incl command will exit with a status of 1 on any error.  The c_incl command will
        only exit with a status of 0 if there are no errors.

COPYRIGHT

        c_incl version 2.33
        Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999,
        2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Peter Miller

        The c_incl program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'c_incl
        -VERSion License' command.  This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it
        under certain conditions; for details use the 'c_incl -VERSion License' command.

AUTHOR

        Peter Miller   E-Mail:   pmiller@opensource.org.au
        /\/\*             WWW:   http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/