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NAME

       asntool - process ASN.1 module specifications

SYNOPSIS

       asntool [-] [-B filename] [-D N] [-G] [-I str] [-J type] [-K str] [-L str] [-M filename,...] [-P str] [-Q] [-S filename] [-T filename] [-V]
       [-X filename] [-Z]  [-b N]  [-d filename]  [-e filename]  [-f filename]	[-l filename]  -m filename  [-o filename]  [-p filename]  [-t str]
       [-v filename] [-w N] [-x filename]

DESCRIPTION

       asntool reads, validates, and displays ASN.1 module specifications.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -      Print usage message

       -B filename
	      Generate objects and code in files named filename.*

       -D N   Debugging level for code generation:
	      0      No debugging (default)
	      1      Shallow debugging
	      2      Deep debugging
	      3-9    Same as 2

       -G     Generate object loader .c and .h files

       -I str Put "#include str" in generated .c file

       -J type
	      Register type type with object manager

       -K str In generated .c, force name of #included asn header to str

       -L str Label registered type as str

       -M filename,...
	      Search the ASN.1 modules in filename,... for external references

       -P str XML module prefix for DOCTYPE

       -Q     Use quoted syntax form for generated include files

       -S filename
	      Send debugging output to filename rather than stderr

       -T filename
	      Dump ASN.1 tree to filename

       -V     Force CHOICE objects to use custom structures rather than ValNodePtrs, for compatibility with some old hand-coded object loaders.

       -X filename
	      Write XML DTD to filename.  If filename is "m", print each module to a separate file.

       -Z     Bit twiddle for optional zero value base slots

       -b N   Use N-byte buffers (default = 1024; anything between 512 and 10000 is legal)

       -d filename
	      Read binary values from filename (requires -t)

       -e filename
	      Write binary values to filename

       -f filename
	      Write ASN.1 module to filename

       -l filename
	      Write ASN.1 loader to filename

       -m filename
	      Read ASN.1 module from filename

       -o filename
	      Write header to filename

       -p filename
	      Write print values to filename

       -t str Expect binary values to have type str

       -v filename
	      Read print values from filename

       -w N   Limit values in #defines to N bits (default = 31; anything between 31 and 128 is legal)

       -x filename
	      Write XML data to filename

AUTHOR

       The National Center for Biotechnology Information.

NCBI
								    2010-09-01								ASNTOOL(1)