NAME

       aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.11.6

SYNOPSIS

       aclocal [OPTIONS] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Generate `aclocal.m4' by scanning `configure.ac' or `configure.in'

OPTIONS

       --automake-acdir=DIR
              directory holding automake-provided m4 files

       --system-acdir=DIR
              directory holding third-party system-wide files

       --diff[=COMMAND]
              run  COMMAND  [diff  -u]  on  M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and
              --dry-run)

       --dry-run
              pretend to, but do not actually update any file

       --force
              always update output file

       --help print this help, then exit

       -I DIR add directory to search list for .m4 files

       --install
              copy third-party files to the first -I directory

       --output=FILE
              put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)

       --print-ac-dir
              print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit

       --verbose
              don't be silent

       --version
              print version number, then exit

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

   Warning categories include:
       `syntax'
              dubious syntactic constructs (default)

       `unsupported'
              unknown macros (default)

       `all'  all the warnings (default)

       `no-CATEGORY'
              turn off warnings in CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
              treat warnings as errors

AUTHOR

       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
       GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv2+:  GNU  GPL  version  2  or
       later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
       This  is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY,
       to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       The full documentation for aclocal is maintained as a Texinfo manual.   If  the  info  and
       aclocal programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info aclocal

       should give you access to the complete manual.