NAME

       pcre-config - program to return PCRE configuration

SYNOPSIS

       pcre-config  [--prefix]  [--exec-prefix]  [--version]  [--libs]  [--libs-posix] [--cflags]
       [--cflags-posix]

DESCRIPTION

       pcre-config returns the  configuration  of  the  installed  PCRE  libraries:  the  options
       required to compile a program to use them.

OPTIONS

       --prefix  Writes  the  directory  prefix  used  in  the PCRE installation for architecture
                 independent files (e.g. /usr) to standard output.

       --exec-prefix
                 Writes the directory prefix used  in  the  PCRE  installation  for  architecture
                 dependent files (normally the same as --prefix) to standard output.

       --version Writes the version of PCRE installed to standard output.

       --libs    Writes  to  standard  output the command line options required to link with PCRE
                 (e.g. -lpcre).

       --libs-posix
                 Writes to standard output the command line options required  to  link  with  the
                 PCRE POSIX emulation library (e.g. -lpcreposix -lpcre).

       --cflags  Writes  to  standard  output  the command line options required to compile files
                 that use PCRE (this often includes some -I  options,  but  is  blank  on  debian
                 systems).

       --cflags-posix
                 Writes  to  standard  output  the command line options required to compile files
                 that use the PCRE POSIX emulation library (this often includes some -I  options,
                 but  is  blank on debian systems). Suppress printing of filenames when searching
                 multiple files.

       AUTHOR
              This manual page was written  by  Mark  Baker  <mark@mnb.org.uk>,  for  the  Debian
              GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

SEE ALSO

       pcre(3)

                                                                                   PCRE-CONFIG(1)