GENGEN(1) gengen 1.4.1 GENGEN(1)
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NAME
gengen - manual page for gengen 1.4.1
SYNOPSIS
gengen [OPTIONS]...
DESCRIPTION
GNU gengen 1.4.1
This program, given a skeleton source file with some parts to be
replaced, generates a program that generates that source, and
substitutes those parts as specified.
-h, --help
Print help and exit
-V, --version
Print version and exit
-i, --input=file
input file (default std input)
-F, --file-name=name
name used for generating file (default stdout)
-f, --gen-name=STRING
prefix for generated code (default=`gengen')
--output-format=lang
target language (cpp, c) (default=`cpp')
--output-dir=STRING
output directory (default current dir)
--separate-files
output to separate files (header, source). require --file-name
--expand-tabs
strings containing newlines are indented according to the current
indentation level
--no-gen-version
do not put gengen version in the generated file
--test-mode
even with errors exit with 0 (this is only for testing purposes)
--force
force regeneration of output code
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GENGEN(1) gengen 1.4.1 GENGEN(1)
User Commands User Commands
August 2010
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to Lorenzo Bettini <http://www.lorenzobettini.it>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright c 2002-2009 Lorenzo Bettini <http://www.lorenzobettini.it>
This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details please see
the file 'COPYING' supplied with the source code.
This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under
certain conditions; again, see 'COPYING' for details. This program is
released under the GNU General Public License.
SEE ALSO
The full documentation for gengen is maintained as a Texinfo manual.
If the info and gengen programs are properly installed at your site,
the command
info gengen
should give you access to the complete manual.
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