debian man page for mk_cmds

MK_CMDS(1)						      General Commands Manual							MK_CMDS(1)

NAME
       mk_cmds - error table compiler

SYNOPSIS
       mk_cmds file

DESCRIPTION
       Mk_cmds converts a table listing command names and associated help messages into a C source file suitable for use with the ss(3) library.

       The source file name must end with a suffix of ``.ct''; the file consists of a declaration supplying the name of the command table:

       command_table name

       followed by entries of the form:

       [ request | unimplemented ] name, " string "[, abbrev]...;

       and a final

       end

       to indicate the end of the table.

       A C source file is generated which should be compiled and linked with the object files use the ss library.

       A ``#'' in the source file is treated as a comment character, and all remaining text to the end of the source line will be ignored.

BUGS
       Since  the  original mk_cmds uses a very simple parser based on yacc(1), and this current version of mk_cmds uses an awk/sed combination of
       scripts, its error recovery leaves much to be desired.

SEE ALSO
       ss (3)

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