AUTOCONF(1)							   User Commands						       AUTOCONF(1)

NAME

       autoconf - Generate configuration scripts

SYNOPSIS

       autoconf [OPTION] ... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       Generate a configuration script from a TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `configure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in'.  Output is sent to the
       standard output if TEMPLATE-FILE is given, else into `configure'.

   Operation modes:
       -h, --help
	      print this help, then exit

       -V, --version
	      print version number, then exit

       -v, --verbose
	      verbosely report processing

       -d, --debug
	      don't remove temporary files

       -f, --force
	      consider all files obsolete

       -o, --output=FILE
	      save output in FILE (stdout is the default)

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
	      report the warnings falling in CATEGORY [syntax]

   Warning categories include:
       `cross'
	      cross compilation issues

       `obsolete'
	      obsolete constructs

       `syntax'
	      dubious syntactic constructs

       `all'  all the warnings

       `no-CATEGORY'
	      turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
	      warnings are error

       The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored.

   Library directories:
       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
	      prepend directory DIR to search path

       -I, --include=DIR
	      append directory DIR to search path

   Tracing:
       -t, --trace=MACRO
	      report the list of calls to MACRO

       -i, --initialization
	      also trace Autoconf's initialization process

       In tracing mode, no configuration script is created.

AUTHOR

       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

       Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There  is	NO  warranty;  not
       even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

SEE ALSO

       autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

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

	      info autoconf

       should give you access to the complete manual.

autoconf 2.57							   December 2002						       AUTOCONF(1)