AUTOUPDATE(1)                    User Commands                   AUTOUPDATE(1)



NAME
       autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf

SYNOPSIS
       autoupdate [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Update each TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `configure.ac' if
       present, or else `configure.in', to the  syntax  of  the
       current  version  of  Autoconf.   The original files are
       backed up.

   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

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

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

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie and 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 autoupdate is maintained as a
       Texinfo manual.  If the info and autoupdate programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info autoupdate

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU Autoconf 2.63               September 2008                   AUTOUPDATE(1)
