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NAME
       autoscan2.13  -  help  to create a configure.in file for a
       software package

SYNOPSIS
       autoscan2.13 [ --help ] [ --macrodir=dir ] [ --verbose ] [
       --version ]

DESCRIPTION
       The  autoscan2.13  program  can  help you create a config-
       ure.in file for a software package.  autoscan2.13 examines
       source  files  in the directory tree rooted at a directory
       given as a command line argument, or the current directory
       if none is given.  It searches the source files for common
       portability problems and  creates  a  file  configure.scan
       which is a preliminary configure.in for that package.

       You should manually examine configure.scan before renaming
       it to configure.in; it will  probably  need  some  adjust-
       ments.   Occasionally  autoscan2.13 outputs a macro in the
       wrong order relative  to  another  macro,  so  that  auto-
       conf2.13  produces a warning; you need to move such macros
       manually.  Also, if you want the package to use a configu-
       ration  header  file,  you  must  add  a  call  to AC_CON-
       FIG_HEADER.  You might also have to change or add some #if
       directives  to  your program in order to make it work with
       Autoconf (see ifnames2.13(3)),  for  information  about  a
       program that can help with that job).

       autoscan2.13  uses several data files, which are installed
       along with the distributed Autoconf macro files, to deter-
       mine  which macros to output when it finds particular sym-
       bols in a package's source files.  These  files  all  have
       the  same format.  Each line consists of a symbol, whites-
       pace, and the Autoconf macro to output if that  symbol  is
       encountered.  Lines starting with # are comments.


       autoscan2.13   requires   that   a   Perl  interpreter  is
       installed.


       autoscan2.13 accepts the following options:

       --help

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

       --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.

       --verbose
              Print the names of the fiels it  examines  and  the
              potentially  interesting  symbols it finds in them.
              This output can be voluminous.

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


SEE ALSO
       autoconf2.13(3),   autoheader2.13(3),   autoreconf2.13(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 man-
       page written  by  Ben  Pfaff  <pfaffben@msu.edu>  for  the
       Debian GNU/Linux autoconf2.13 package.



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