NAME

       mk_cmds - error table compiler

SYNOPSIS

       mk_cmds file

DESCRIPTION

       Mk_cmds converts a table listing command names and associated help messages into a C source file suitable
       for use with the ss(3) library.

       The source file name must end with a suffix of ``.ct''; the file consists of a declaration supplying  the
       name of the command table:

       command_table name

       followed by entries of the form:

       [ request | unimplemented ] name, " string "[, abbrev]...;

       and a final

       end

       to indicate the end of the table.

       A  C  source  file  is  generated  which  should  be compiled and linked with the object files use the ss
       library.

       A ``#'' in the source file is treated as a comment character, and all remaining text to the  end  of  the
       source line will be ignored.

BUGS

       Since  the  original  mk_cmds  uses  a  very  simple parser based on yacc(1), and this current version of
       mk_cmds uses an awk/sed combination of scripts, its error recovery leaves much to be desired.

SEE ALSO

       ss (3)