AUTOM4TE(1)                      User Commands                     AUTOM4TE(1)



NAME
       autom4te - Generate files and scripts thanks to M4

SYNOPSIS
       autom4te [OPTION]... [FILES]

DESCRIPTION
       Run  GNU M4 on the FILES, avoiding useless runs.  Output
       the traces if tracing, the frozen file if freezing, oth-
       erwise the expansion of the FILES.

       If  some of the FILES are named `FILE.m4f' they are con-
       sidered to be M4 frozen files of all the previous  files
       (which  are therefore not loaded).  If `FILE.m4f' is not
       found, then `FILE.m4' will be used,  together  with  all
       the previous files.

       Some files may be optional, i.e., will only be processed
       if found in the include  path,  but  then  must  end  in
       `.m4?';   the  question  mark  is not part of the actual
       file name.

   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

       -o, --output=FILE
              save output in FILE (defaults to `-', stdout)

       -f, --force
              don't rely on cached values

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

       -l, --language=LANG
              specify the set of M4 macros to use

       -C, --cache=DIRECTORY
              preserve results for future runs in DIRECTORY

       --no-cache
              disable the cache

       -m, --mode=OCTAL
              change the non trace output file mode (0666)

       -M, --melt
              don't use M4 frozen files

   Languages include:
       `Autoconf'
              create Autoconf configure scripts

       `Autotest'
              create Autotest test suites

       `M4sh' create M4sh shell scripts

       `M4sugar'
              create M4sugar output

   Warning categories include:
       `cross'
              cross compilation issues

       `gnu'  GNU coding standards (default in  gnu  and  gnits
              modes)

       `obsolete'
              obsolete features or constructions

       `override'
              user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

       `portability'
              portability issues  (default  in  gnu  and  gnits
              modes)

       `syntax'
              dubious syntactic constructs (default)

       `unsupported'
              unsupported or incomplete features (default)

       `all'  all the warnings

       `no-CATEGORY'
              turn off warnings in CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
              treat warnings as errors

       The  environment  variables `M4' and `WARNINGS' are hon-
       ored.

   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[:FORMAT]
              report the MACRO invocations

       -p, --preselect=MACRO
              prepare to trace MACRO in a future run

   Freezing:
       -F, --freeze
              produce an M4 frozen state file for FILES

   FORMAT defaults to `$f:$l:$n:$%', and can use the  following
       escapes:
       $$     literal $

       $f     file where macro was called

       $l     line where macro was called

       $d     nesting depth of macro call

       $n     name of the macro

       $NUM   argument NUM, unquoted and with newlines

       $SEP@  all  arguments,  with newlines, quoted, and sepa-
              rated by SEP

       $SEP*  all arguments, with newlines, unquoted, and sepa-
              rated by SEP

       $SEP%  all  arguments,  without  newlines, unquoted, and
              separated by SEP

       SEP can be empty for the default (comma  for  @  and  *,
       colon  for %), a single character for that character, or
       {STRING} to use a string.

AUTHOR
       Written by Akim Demaille.

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

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright  2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
       GPLv2+:     GNU     GPL     version     2    or    later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redis-
       tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permit-
       ted by law.

SEE ALSO
       autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1),  autoupdate(1),
       autoheader(1),    autoscan(1),   config.guess(1),   con-
       fig.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

       The full documentation for autom4te is maintained  as  a
       Texinfo  manual.   If the info and autom4te programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info autom4te

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU Autoconf 2.63               September 2008                     AUTOM4TE(1)
