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NAME

       cscope-indexer - Script to index files for cscope

SYNOPSIS

       cscope-indexer [-v] [-f database_file] [-i list_file] [-l] [-r]

DESCRIPTION

       This  script generates a list of files to index (cscope.out), which is then (optionally) used to generate
       a cscope database.  You can use this script to just build a list of files, or it can be used to  build  a
       list  and  database.  This script is not used to just build a database (skipping the list of files step),
       as this can be simply done by just calling "cscope -b".

       Normally, cscope will do its own indexing, but this script can be used to force indexing.  This is useful
       if  you  need to recurse into subdirectories, or have many files to index (you can run this script from a
       cron job, during the night).  It is especially useful for large  projects,  which  can  contstantly  have
       source  files  added  and  deleted;  by  using  this script, the changing sources files are automatically
       handled.

       Currently, any paths containing "/CVS/" or "/RCS/" are stripped out (ignored).

OPTIONS

       -f database_file
              Specifies the cscope database file (default: cscope.out).

       -i list_file
              Specifies the name of the file into  which  the  list  of  files  to  index  is  placed  (default:
              cscope.files).

       -l     Suppress the generation/updating of the cscope database file.  Only a list of files is generated.

       -r     Recurse  into  subdirectories  to  locate  files  to index.  Without this option, only the current
              directory is searched.

       -v     Be verbose.  Output simple progress messages.

SEE ALSO

       cscope(1)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by Robert  Lemmen  <robertle@semistable.com>
       (but may be used by others, of course)