Ubuntu Manpage: getdefs - AutoGen Definition Extraction Tool

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NAME

       getdefs - AutoGen Definition Extraction Tool

SYNOPSIS

       getdefs [option-name value]

       All arguments are named options.

       If  no input argument is provided or is set to simply "-", and if stdin is not a tty, then
       the list of input files will be read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION

       This program extracts AutoGen definitions from a list of source  files.   Definitions  are
       delimited by /*=<entry-type> <entry-name>0fP and =*/0fP.

OPTIONS

Specify which definitions are of interest and what to say about them
defs-to-get=reg-ex
Regexp to look for after the "/*=".

If you want definitions only from a particular category, or even with names
matching particular patterns, then specify this regular expression for the text
that must follow the /*=.

subblock=sub-def
subblock definition names. This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

This option is used to create shorthand entries for nested definitions. For
example, with:

using subblock thus --subblock=arg=argname,type,null

and defining an arg thus arg: this, char *

will then expand to: arg = { argname = this; type = "char *"; @;}
The "this, char *" string is separated at the commas, with the white space removed.
You may use characters other than commas by starting the value string with a
punctuation character other than a single or double quote character. You may also
omit intermediate values by placing the commas next to each other with no
intervening white space. For example, "+mumble++yes+" will expand to:
arg = { argname = mumble; null = "yes"; @;}.

listattr=def
attribute with list of values. This option may appear an unlimited number of
times.

This option is used to create shorthand entries for definitions that generally
appear several times. That is, they tend to be a list of values. For example,
with:
listattr=foo defined, the text:
foo: this, is, a, multi-list will then expand to:
foo = 'this', 'is', 'a', 'multi-list';
The texts are separated by the commas, with the white space removed. You may use
characters other than commas by starting the value string with a punctuation
character other than a single or double quote character.

specify how to number the definitions
ordering [=file-name], --no-ordering
Alphabetize or use named file. The no-ordering form will disable the option. This
option is enabled by default.

By default, ordering is alphabetical by the entry name. Use, no-ordering if order
is unimportant. Use ordering with no argument to order without case sensitivity.
Use ordering=<file-name> if chronological order is important. getdefs will
maintain the text content of file-name. file-name need not exist.

first-index=first-index
The first index to apply to groups. This option takes an integer number as its
argument. The default first-index for this option is:
0

By default, the first occurrence of a named definition will have an index of zero.
Sometimes, that needs to be a reserved value. Provide this option to specify a
different starting point.

Definition insertion options
filelist [=file]
Insert source file names into defs.

Inserts the name of each input file into the output definitions. If no argument is
supplied, the format will be:
infile = '%s';
If an argument is supplied, that string will be used for the entry name instead of
infile.

assign=ag-def
Global assignments. This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

The argument to each copy of this option will be inserted into the output
definitions, with only a semicolon attached.

common-assign=ag-def
Assignments common to all blocks. This option may appear an unlimited number of
times.

The argument to each copy of this option will be inserted into each output
definition, with only a semicolon attached.

copy=file
File(s) to copy into definitions. This option may appear an unlimited number of
times.

The content of each file named by these options will be inserted into the output
definitions.

srcfile [=file]
Insert source file name into each def.

Inserts the name of the input file where a definition was found into the output
definition. If no argument is supplied, the format will be:
srcfile = '%s';
If an argument is supplied, that string will be used for the entry name instead of
srcfile.

linenum [=def-name]
Insert source line number into each def.

Inserts the line number in the input file where a definition was found into the
output definition. If no argument is supplied, the format will be:
linenum = '%s';
If an argument is supplied, that string will be used for the entry name instead of
linenum.

specify which files to search for markers
input=src-file
Input file to search for defs. This option may appear an unlimited number of
times. This option is the default option.

All files that are to be searched for definitions must be named on the command line
or read from stdin. If there is only one input option and it is the string, "-",
then the input file list is read from stdin. If a command line argument is not an
option name and does not contain an assignment operator (=), then it defaults to
being an input file name. At least one input file must be specified.

Definition output disposition options:
output=file
Output file to open. This option is a member of the autogen class of options.

If you are not sending the output to an AutoGen process, you may name an output
file instead.

autogen [=ag-cmd], --no-autogen
Invoke AutoGen with defs. The no-autogen form will disable the option. This
option is enabled by default. This option is a member of the autogen class of
options.

This is the default output mode. Specifying no-autogen is equivalent to output=-.
If you supply an argument to this option, that program will be started as if it
were AutoGen and its standard in will be set to the output definitions of this
program.

template=file
Template Name.

Specifies the template name to be used for generating the final output.

agarg=ag-opt
AutoGen Argument. This option may appear an unlimited number of times. This
option must not appear in combination with any of the following options: output.

This is a pass-through argument. It allows you to specify any arbitrary argument
to be passed to AutoGen.

base-name=name
Base name for output file(s). This option must not appear in combination with any
of the following options: output.

When output is going to AutoGen, a base name must either be supplied or derived.
If this option is not supplied, then it is taken from the template option. If that
is not provided either, then it is set to the base name of the current directory.

help Display usage information and exit.

more-help
Pass the extended usage information through a pager.

save-opts [=cfgfile]
Save the option state to cfgfile. The default is the last configuration file
listed in the OPTION PRESETS section, below. The command will exit after updating
the config file.

load-opts=cfgfile, no-load-opts
Load options from cfgfile. The no-load-opts form will disable the loading of
earlier config/rc/ini files. --no-load-opts is handled early, out of order.

version [{v|c|n}]
Output version of program and exit. The default mode is `v', a simple version.
The `c' mode will print copyright information and `n' will print the full copyright
notice.

OPTION PRESETS

       Any option that is not marked as not presettable may be  preset  by  loading  values  from
       configuration  ("RC" or ".INI") file(s).  The homerc file is "/dev/null", unless that is a
       directory.  In that case, the file ".getdefsrc" is searched for within that directory.

FILES

       See OPTION PRESETS for configuration files.

EXIT STATUS

       One of the following exit values will be returned:

       0  (EXIT_SUCCESS)
              Successful program execution.

       1  (EXIT_FAILURE)
              The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.

       2  (EXIT_INVALID_INPUT)
              An input file was specified that is not a file

       3  (EXIT_NO_MEM)
              Insufficient memory for operation

       66  (EX_NOINPUT)
              A specified configuration file could not be loaded.

       70  (EX_SOFTWARE)
              libopts  had  an  internal  operational  error.   Please  report  it  to   autogen-
              users@lists.sourceforge.net.  Thank you.

AUTHORS

       Bruce Korb

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Bruce Korb all rights reserved.  This program  is  released  under
       the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

BUGS

       Please send bug reports to: autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net

NOTES

       This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the getdefs option definitions.