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NAME

autom4te - Generate files and scripts thanks to M4

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Synopsis
Description
Author
Copyright

SYNOPSIS

autom4te [OPTION] ... [FILES]

DESCRIPTION

Run GNU M4 on the FILES, avoiding useless runs. Output the traces if tracing, the frozen file if freezing, otherwise the expansion of the FILES.

If some of the FILES are named ‘FILE.m4f’ they are considered to be M4 frozen files of all the previous files (which are therefore not loaded). If ‘FILE.m4f’ is not found, then ‘FILE.m4’ will be used, together with all the previous files.

Some files may be optional, i.e., will only be processed if found in the include path, but then must end in ‘.m4?’; the question mark is not part of the actual file name.

    Operation modes:

-h, --help	print this help, then exit
-V, --version
	print version number, then exit
-v, --verbose
	verbosely report processing
-d, --debug
	don’t remove temporary files
-o, --output=FILE
	save output in FILE (defaults to ‘-’, stdout)
-f, --force
	don’t rely on cached values
-W, --warnings=CATEGORY
	report the warnings falling in CATEGORY
-l, --language=LANG
	specify the set of M4 macros to use
-C, --cache=DIRECTORY
	preserve results for future runs in DIRECTORY
--no-cache
	disable the cache
-m, --mode=OCTAL
	change the non trace output file mode (0666)
-M, --melt	don’t use M4 frozen files

    Languages include:

‘Autoconf’
	create Autoconf configure scripts
‘Autotest’
	create Autotest test suites
‘M4sh’	create M4sh shell scripts
‘M4sugar’
	create M4sugar output

    Warning categories include:

‘cross’
	cross compilation issues
‘gnu’	GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
‘obsolete’
	obsolete features or constructions
‘override’
	user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
‘portability’
	portability issues
‘syntax’
	dubious syntactic constructs (default)
‘unsupported’
	unsupported or incomplete features (default)
‘all’	all the warnings
‘no-CATEGORY’
	turn off warnings in CATEGORY
‘none’	turn off all the warnings
‘error’
	treat warnings as errors

The environment variable ‘WARNINGS’ is honored.

    Library directories:

-B, --prepend-include=DIR
	prepend directory DIR to search path
-I, --include=DIR
	append directory DIR to search path

    Tracing:

-t, --trace=MACRO
	report the MACRO invocations
-p, --preselect=MACRO
	prepare to trace MACRO in a future run

    Freezing:

-F, --freeze
	produce an M4 frozen state file for FILES

AUTHOR

Written by Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

The full documentation for autom4te is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and autom4te programs are properly installed at your site, the command

	info autom4te

should give you access to the complete manual.

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autom4te 2.59

AUTOM4TE (1)

November 2003

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