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)

Script to index files for cscope                30. December 2002                              cscope-indexer(1)