NAME

       afs_compile_et - Produce error text tables for compilation

SYNOPSIS

       afs_compile_et [-debug] [-language <lang>]
           [-prefix <prefix>] [-v <version>] <error_table>

DESCRIPTION

       The afs_compile_et command builds the error text tables for compilation.  This includes
       both a header file that contains a set of mappings between error names and values and a .c
       (or .msf) file that provides a text table of descriptions.

       The <error_table> argument specifies which error table to generate.  The error table
       specification should exist in the current working directory or in the directory specified
       with -prefix and should be named error_table.et.

CAUTIONS

       This command is used internally within the build process for OpenAFS.  Most users will
       access this information via translate_et(1) rather than via afs_compile_et.

       This command does not use the standard AFS command-line parsing package.

OPTIONS

       -debug
           Does nothing.  It neither adds debugging information to the output nor provides
           additional information on its operation.

       -language <lang>
           Specifies the type of output to generate.  Currently, only ANSI C and K&R are
           supported values (via the c and k&r-c values, respectively).  The default is ANSI C.
           There is some support for C++ started, but that is not yet supported.

       -prefix <prefix
           Specifies the directory to search for the error_table.et file.

       -v <version>
           Specified the type of output file: valid values are 1 (the default, for C files) or 2,
           for .msf file generation.

EXAMPLES

       The following command generates the files pterror.h and pterror.c, suitable for use with C
       programs:

          % afs_compile_et -p path/to/src/ptserver pterror

       The following command generates K&R style files instead:

          % afs_compile_et -p path/to/src/ptserver -lang 'k&r-c' pterror

SEE ALSO

       translate_et(1)

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2009 Steven Jenkins <steven@endpoint.com>

       This documentation is covered by the IBM Public License Version 1.0.  This man page was
       written by Steven Jenkins for OpenAFS.