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, otherwise the expansion of the FILES.

If some of the FILES are named `FILE.m4f' they are considered 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

-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

`obsolete'
    obsolete constructs

`syntax'
    dubious syntactic constructs

`all'
    all the warnings

`no-CATEGORY'
    turn off the warnings on CATEGORY

`none'
    turn off all the warnings

`error'
    warnings are error

The environment variable `WARNINGS' is honored.

  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
    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

AUTHOR
Written by Akim Demaille.

Copyright 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

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

SEE ALSO
autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.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.