NAME

       getdefs - AutoGen Definition Extraction Tool

SYNOPSIS

       getdefs [option-name value]

       All arguments are named options.

       If  no  input  argument  is provided or is set to simply "-", and if stdin is not a tty, then the list of
       input files will be read from stdin.

DESCRIPTION

       This program extracts AutoGen definitions from a list of source  files.   Definitions  are  delimited  by
       /*=<entry-type> <entry-name>0fP and =*/0fP.

OPTIONS

   Specify which definitions are of interest and what to say about them
       defs-to-get=reg-ex Regexp to look for after the "/*=".

       If you want definitions only from a particular category, or even with names matching particular patterns,
       then specify this regular expression for the text that must follow the /*=.

       subblock=sub-def subblock definition names.  This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       This option is used to create shorthand entries for nested definitions.  For example, with:

       using subblock thus --subblock=arg=argname,type,null

       and defining an arg thus arg: this, char *

       will then expand to: arg = { argname = this; type = "char *"; @;}
       The "this, char *" string is separated at the commas, with the white space removed.  You may use
       characters other than commas by starting the value string with a punctuation character other than a
       single or double quote character.  You may also omit intermediate values by placing the commas next to
       each other with no intervening white space.  For example, "+mumble++yes+" will expand to:
       arg = { argname = mumble; null = "yes"; @;}.

       listattr=def attribute with list of values.  This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       This option is used to create shorthand entries for definitions that generally appear several times.
       That is, they tend to be a list of values.  For example, with:
       listattr=foo defined, the text:
       foo: this, is, a, multi-list will then expand to:
       foo = 'this', 'is', 'a', 'multi-list';
       The texts are separated by the commas, with the white space removed.  You may use characters other than
       commas by starting the value string with a punctuation character other than a single or double quote
       character.

          specify how to number the definitions

       ordering [=file-name], --no-ordering Alphabetize or use named file.  The no-ordering form will disable
       the option.  This option is enabled by default.

       By default, ordering is alphabetical by the entry name.  Use, no-ordering if order is unimportant.  Use
       ordering with no argument to order without case sensitivity.  Use ordering=<file-name> if chronological
       order is important.  getdefs will maintain the text content of file-name.  file-name need not exist.

       first-index=first-index The first index to apply to groups.  This option takes an integer number as its
       argument.  The default first-index for this option is:
            0

       By default, the first occurrence of a named definition will have an index of zero.  Sometimes, that needs
       to be a reserved value.  Provide this option to specify a different starting point.

          Definition insertion options

       filelist [=file] Insert source file names into defs.

       Inserts the name of each input file into the output definitions.  If no argument is supplied, the format
       will be:
           infile = '%s';
       If an argument is supplied, that string will be used for the entry name instead of infile.

       assign=ag-def Global assignments.  This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       The argument to each copy of this option will be inserted into the output definitions, with only a
       semicolon attached.

       common-assign=ag-def Assignments common to all blocks.  This option may appear an unlimited number of
       times.

       The argument to each copy of this option will be inserted into each output definition, with only a
       semicolon attached.

       copy=file File(s) to copy into definitions.  This option may appear an unlimited number of times.

       The content of each file named by these options will be inserted into the output definitions.

       srcfile [=file] Insert source file name into each def.

       Inserts the name of the input file where a definition was found into the output definition.  If no
       argument is supplied, the format will be:
           srcfile = '%s';
       If an argument is supplied, that string will be used for the entry name instead of srcfile.

       linenum [=def-name] Insert source line number into each def.

       Inserts the line number in the input file where a definition was found into the output definition.  If no
       argument is supplied, the format will be:
           linenum = '%s';
       If an argument is supplied, that string will be used for the entry name instead of linenum.

          specify which files to search for markers

       input=src-file Input file to search for defs.  This option may appear an unlimited number of times.  This
       option is the default option.

       All files that are to be searched for definitions must be named on the command line or read from stdin.
       If there is only one input option and it is the string, "-", then the input file list is read from stdin.
       If a command line argument is not an option name and does not contain an assignment operator (=), then it
       defaults to being an input file name.  At least one input file must be specified.

          Definition output disposition options:

       output=file Output file to open.  This option is a member of the autogen class of options.

       If you are not sending the output to an AutoGen process, you may name an output file instead.

       autogen [=ag-cmd], --no-autogen Invoke AutoGen with defs.  The no-autogen form will disable the option.
       This option is enabled by default.  This option is a member of the autogen class of options.

       This is the default output mode.  Specifying no-autogen is equivalent to output=-.  If you supply an
       argument to this option, that program will be started as if it were AutoGen and its standard in will be
       set to the output definitions of this program.

       template=file Template Name.

       Specifies the template name to be used for generating the final output.

       agarg=ag-opt AutoGen Argument.  This option may appear an unlimited number of times.  This option must
       not appear in combination with any of the following options: output.

       This is a pass-through argument.  It allows you to specify any arbitrary argument to be passed to
       AutoGen.

       base-name=name Base name for output file(s).  This option must not appear in combination with any of the
       following options: output.

       When output is going to AutoGen, a base name must either be supplied or derived.  If this option is not
       supplied, then it is taken from the template option.  If that is not provided either, then it is set to
       the base name of the current directory.

       help Display usage information and exit.

       more-help Pass the extended usage information through a pager.

       save-opts [=cfgfile] Save the option state to cfgfile.  The default is the last configuration file listed
       in the OPTION PRESETS section, below.  The command will exit after updating the config file.

       load-opts=cfgfile, no-load-opts Load options from cfgfile.  The no-load-opts form will disable the
       loading of earlier config/rc/ini files.  --no-load-opts is handled early, out of order.

       version [{v|c|n}] Output version of program and exit.  The default mode is `v', a simple version.  The
       `c' mode will print copyright information and `n' will print the full copyright notice.

       OPTION PRESETS
              Any  option  that  is  not  marked  as  not  presettable  may  be  preset  by  loading values from
              configuration ("RC" or ".INI") file(s).   The  homerc  file  is  "/dev/null",  unless  that  is  a
              directory.  In that case, the file ".getdefsrc" is searched for within that directory.

FILES

       See OPTION PRESETS for configuration files.

EXIT STATUS

       One of the following exit values will be returned:

       0  (EXIT_SUCCESS) Successful program execution.

       1  (EXIT_FAILURE) The operation failed or the command syntax was not valid.

       2  (EXIT_INVALID_INPUT) An input file was specified that is not a file

       3  (EXIT_NO_MEM) Insufficient memory for operation

       66  (EX_NOINPUT) A specified configuration file could not be loaded.

       70  (EX_SOFTWARE) libopts had an internal operational error.  Please report it to autogen-
       users@lists.sourceforge.net.  Thank you.

       SEE ALSO
              This  program is documented more fully in the Getdefs section of the Add-On chapter in the AutoGen
              Info system documentation.

AUTHORS

       Bruce Korb

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 1999-2018 Bruce Korb all rights reserved.  This program is released under the terms of  the
       GNU General Public License, version 3 or later.

BUGS

       Please send bug reports to: autogen-users@lists.sourceforge.net

NOTES

       This manual page was AutoGen-erated from the getdefs option definitions.

GNU AutoGen (1.5)                                  2024-04-22                                         getdefs(1)