NAME

       abi-monitor - monitor new versions of a software library and try to build them

DESCRIPTION

   NAME:
              ABI Monitor (abi-monitor) Monitor and build new versions of a C/C++ software library

   DESCRIPTION:
              ABI  Tracker is a tool to monitor new versions of a software library, try to build them and create
              profile for ABI Tracker.

              The tool is intended to be used  with  the  ABI  Tracker  tool  for  visualizing  API/ABI  changes
              timeline.

              This  tool  is  free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
              LGPL or GNU GPL.

   USAGE:
              abi-monitor [options] [profile]

   EXAMPLES:
              abi-monitor -get -build profile.json

   INFORMATION OPTIONS:

       -h|-help

              Print this help.

       -dumpversion

              Print the tool version (1.10) and don't do anything else.

   GENERAL OPTIONS:

       -get

              Download new library versions.

       -build

              Build library versions.

       -rebuild

              Re-build library versions.

       -limit NUM

              Limit number of operations to NUM. This is useful if you  want  to  download  or  build  only  NUM
              packages.

       -v NUM

              Build only one particular version.

       -output PATH

              Path to output profile. The tool will overwrite the input profile by default.

       -build-shared

              Build  shared  objects  from  static ones if they cannot be build by the library makefile or build
              script.

       -build-new

              Build newly found packages only. This option should be used with -get option.

       -debug

              Enable debug messages.

       ABI Monitor 1.10 A tool  to  monitor  new  versions  of  a  software  library  Copyright  ©  2016  Andrey
       Ponomarenko's ABI Laboratory License: GPL or LGPL

       Usage: abi-monitor [options] [profile] Example:

              abi-monitor -get -build profile.json

       More info: abi-monitor --help

AUTHOR

       This  manual  page was written by Peter Spiess-Knafl <dev@spiessknafl.at> for the Debian GNU/Linux system
       (but may be used by others).

abi-monitor                                       November 2016                                   ABI-MONITOR(1)