Provided by: cook_2.33-2_amd64 
NAME
c_incl - determine dependencies
SYNOPSIS
c_incl [ option... ] filename
c_incl -Help
c_incl -VERSion
DESCRIPTION
The c_incl program is used to traverse source files looking for include dependencies suitable for
[collect]ion or #include-cooked-ing by cook.
The filename ``-'' is understood to mean the standard input. When you use this file name, caching is
ignored.
Several input languages are supported, see the options list for details.
OPTIONS
The following options are understood.
-C The source file is a C source file. It is assumed that it will have the dependencies resolved
by the cpp(1) command. The same include semantics as the cpp(1) command will be employed. This
is the default. This is short-hand for ``--language=c''
--Language=name
This option may be used to specify the language of the source file. Know names include ``C'',
``M4'', ``optimistic'' and ``roff''.
The ``optimistic'' language will take on almost anything. It accepts an include keyword in any
case, including mixed, with leading white space, but at most one leading punctuation character.
It assumes that the filename follows the include keyword and does not contain white space, and
does not start or end with punctuation characters (it strips off any it may find). The rest of
the line is ignored. The drawback is that it will sometimes recognise commands and other text
as unintended include directives, hence the name. This is often used to recognise include
directives in a wide variety of assembler input.
-Roff The source file is a *roff source file. It is assumed that it will have the dependencies
resolved by the roffpp(1) command. The same include semantics as the roffpp(1) command will be
employed. This is short-hand for ``--language=roff''
-Verbose
Tell what is happening.
-Ipath
Specify include path, a la cc(1).
-I-
Any directories you specify with -I options before the -I- option are searched only for the case
of #include "file"; they are not searched for #include <file>.
If additional directories are specified with -I options after the -I-, these directories are
searched for all #include directives. (Ordinarily all -I directories are used this way.)
In addition, the -I- option inhibits the use of the current directory (where the current input
file came from) as the first search directory for #include "file". There is no way to override
this effect of -I-. With -I. you can specify searching the directory which was current when
c_incl was invoked. That is not exactly the same as what the preprocessor does by default, but
it is often satisfactory.
The -I- option does not inhibit the use of the standard system directories for header files.
Thus, -I- and -No_System are independent.
-Absolute_Paths
This option may be used to allow absolute paths in the output. This is usually the default.
-No_Absolute_Paths
This option may be used to exclude absolute paths from the output.
-Absent_Local_Ignore
For files included using a #include ''filename.h'' directive, ignore the file if it cannot be
found.
-Absent_Local_Mention
For files included using a #include ''filename.h'' directive, print the file name even if the
file cannot be found. This is the default (it probably needs to be built).
-Absent_Local_Error
For files included using a #include ''filename.h'' directive, print a fatal error if the file
cannot be found.
-Absent_System_Ignore
For files included with a #include <filename.h> directive, ignore the file if it cannot be
found. This is the default (it was probably ifdef'ed out).
-Absent_System_Mention
For files included with a #include <filename.h> directive, print the file name even if the file
cannot be found.
-Absent_System_Error
For files included with a #include <filename.h> directive, print a fatal error if the file
cannot be found.
-Absent_Program_Ignore
If the file named on the command line cannot be found, behave as if the file were found, but was
empty.
-Absent_Program_Error
If the file named on the command line cannot be found, print a fatal error message. This is the
default.
-Escape_Newlines
This option may be used to request that newlines in the output are escaped with backslash
(``\'') characters.
-Help
Give information on how to use c_incl.
-EXclude filename
This option may be used to nominate include file names which are not to be used.
-VERSion
Tell what version of c_incl is being run.
-Interior_Files filename...
This option may be used to tell c_incl about include files which don't exist yet. This is
because they are interior to the dependency graph, but cook(1) hasn't finished walking it yet.
Often used with Cook's [interior-files] function. (Note: the filename list has an arbitrary
number of files; it ends at the next option or end-of-line, so you need to be careful where you
put the input filename.)
-No_System
Do not search the /usr/include directory. By default this is searched last. This option
implies the -No_Absolute_Paths option, unless explicitly contradicted.
-CAche
This option may be used to turn caching on. This is the default.
-No_Cache
This option may be used to turn caching off.
-PREfix string
This option may be used to print a string before any of the filenames are printed. It will not
be printed if no file names are printed.
-Quote_FileNames
This option may be used to have c_incl quote filenames. This permits filenames to contain
characters which are special to Cook, including spaces.
-SUFfix string
This option may be used to print a string after all of the filenames are printed. It will not
be printed if no file names are printed.
-Output filename
This option may be used to specify the output file. Defaults to the standard output if not set.
-No_Source_Relative_Includes
This option will give a fatal error if a #include ''filename.h'' directive is used. This is
necessary when you are using Cook's search_list functionality to stitch together a baseline and
a private work area.
-RECursion
This option may be used to specify that nested include files are to be scanned, so that their
includes may also be discovered. This is the default.
-No_RECursion
This option may be use to specify that nested include files are not to be scanned. This option
is recommended for use with the Cook cascade-for recipes. This option implies -No_Cache, unless
a -Cache option is specified.
-Remove_Leading_Path path
This option may be used to remove path prefixes from the included filenames. May be used more
than once. This is necessary when you are using Cook's search_list functionality to stitch
together a baseline and a private work area; usually as ``[prepost "-rlp=" "" [search_list]]''
-STripdot
This option may be used to specify that leading redundant dot directories are to be removed from
paths before processing. This is the default.
-No_STripdot
This option may be used to specify that leading redundant dot directories need not be removed
from paths before processing. (Some path flattening may still occur.)
-Substitute_Leading_Path from to
This option may be used to modify path prefixes from the included filenames. May be used more
than once. This is necessary when you are performing heterogeneous builds in the same directory
tree. By using an ``arch'' variable to hold the architecture, and placing each architecture's
objects in a separate directory tree, this option may be used as ``-slp [arch] "'[arch]'"'' (The
outer quotes protect from Cook, the inner quotes protect from the shell.) If you need more
intricate editing, used sed(1).
Any other options will generate an error.
All options may be abbreviated; the abbreviation is documented as the upper case letters, all lower case
letters and underscores (_) are optional. You must use consecutive sequences of optional letters.
All options are case insensitive, you may type them in upper case or lower case or a combination of
both, case is not important.
For example: the arguments "-help", "-HEL" and "-h" are all interpreted to mean the -Help option. The
argument "-hlp" will not be understood, because consecutive optional characters were not supplied.
Options and other command line arguments may be mixed arbitrarily on the command line.
The GNU long option names are understood. Since all option names for c_incl are long, this means
ignoring the extra leading '-'. The "--option=value" convention is also understood.
CACHING
The caching mechanism use by the c_incl program caches the results of searching files for include files
(in a file called .c_inclrc in the current directory). The cache is only refreshed when a file changes.
The use of this cache has been shown to dramatically increase the performance of the c_incl program.
Typically, only a small proportions files in a project change between builds, resulting in a very high
cache hit rate.
When using caching, always use the same command line options, otherwise weird and wonderful things will
happen.
The .c_inclrc file is a binary file. If you wish to rebuild the cache, simply delete this file with the
rm(1) command. Being a binary file, the .c_inclrc file is not portable across machines or operating
systems, so you will need to delete it when you move your sources. It is a binary file for performance.
Accesses to the .c_inclrc file use file locking, so recipies using c_incl need not use the single-thread
clause.
EXIT STATUS
The c_incl command will exit with a status of 1 on any error. The c_incl command will only exit with a
status of 0 if there are no errors.
COPYRIGHT
c_incl version 2.33
Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002,
2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Peter Miller
The c_incl program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details use the 'c_incl -VERSion License'
command. This is free software and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; for
details use the 'c_incl -VERSion License' command.
AUTHOR
Peter Miller E-Mail: pmiller@opensource.org.au /\/\* WWW: http://miller.emu.id.au/pmiller/