NAME

       aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.11.6

SYNOPSIS

       aclocal [OPTIONS] ...

DESCRIPTION

       Generate `aclocal.m4' by scanning `configure.ac' or `configure.in'

OPTIONS

       --automake-acdir=DIR
              directory holding automake-provided m4 files

       --system-acdir=DIR
              directory holding third-party system-wide files

       --diff[=COMMAND]
              run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and --dry-run)

       --dry-run
              pretend to, but do not actually update any file

       --force
              always update output file

       --help print this help, then exit

       -I DIR add directory to search list for .m4 files

       --install
              copy third-party files to the first -I directory

       --output=FILE
              put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)

       --print-ac-dir
              print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit

       --verbose
              don't be silent

       --version
              print version number, then exit

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

   Warning categories include:
       `syntax'
              dubious syntactic constructs (default)

       `unsupported'
              unknown macros (default)

       `all'  all the warnings (default)

       `no-CATEGORY'
              turn off warnings in CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
              treat warnings as errors

AUTHOR

       Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>

              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.
       GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright  ©  2011  Free  Software  Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv2+:  GNU  GPL  version  2  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to  the  extent
       permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

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

              info aclocal

       should give you access to the complete manual.

aclocal 1.11.6                                      July 2012                                         ACLOCAL(1)