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NAME
       autoconf2.13  -  creates  scripts to configure source code
       packages using templates

SYNOPSIS
       autoconf2.13 [ --help | -h ] [ --localdir=dir | -l dir ] [
       --macrodir=dir | -m dir ] [ --version ]

DESCRIPTION
       To  create  configure  from  configure.in,  run  the auto-
       conf2.13 program with  no  arguments.   autoconf2.13  pro-
       cesses configure.in with the m4 macro processor, using the
       Autoconf macros.  If you give autoconf2.13 an argument, it
       reads  that  file  instead  of configure.in and writes the
       configuration script to the standard output instead of  to
       configure.   If  you  give autoconf2.13 the argument -, it
       reads the  standard  input  instead  of  configure.in  and
       writes the configuration script on the standard output.

       The Autoconf macros are defined in several files.  Some of
       the files  are  distributed  with  Autoconf;  autoconf2.13
       reads  them  first.   Then  it looks for the optional file
       acsite.m4 in the directory that contains  the  distributed
       Autoconf macro files, and for the optional file aclocal.m4
       in the current directory.  Those files  can  contain  your
       site's  or  the  package's own Autoconf macro definitions.
       If a macro is defined in more than one of the  files  that
       autoconf2.13 reads, the last definition it reads overrides
       the earlier ones.


       autoconf2.13 accepts the following options:

       --help

       -h     Print a summary of the  command  line  options  and
              exit.

       --localdir=DIR

       -l DIR Look  for  the package file aclocal.m4 in directory
              DIR instead of in the current directory.

       --macrodir=DIR

       -m DIR Look for the installed  macro  files  in  directory
              DIR.   You can also set the AC_MACRODIR environment
              variable to a directory; this option overrides  the
              environment variable.

       --version
              Print the version number of Autoconf and exit.


SEE ALSO
       autoheader2.13(3),   autoreconf2.13(3),   autoscan2.13(3),
       autoupdate2.13(3), ifnames2.13(3)

AUTHORS
       David MacKenzie, with help  from  Franc,ois  Pinard,  Karl
       Berry,  Richard  Pixley, Ian Lance Taylor, Roland McGrath,
       Noah Friedman, David  D.  Zuhn,  and  many  others.   This
       manpage  written  by  Ben Pfaff <pfaffben@msu.edu> for the
       Debian GNU/Linux autoconf2.13 package.



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