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.TH AUTOUPDATE "1" "August 2017" "GNU Autoconf 2.69" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
autoupdate \- Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B autoupdate
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,TEMPLATE-FILE\/\fR]...
.SH 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.
.SS "Operation modes:"
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
print this help, then exit
.TP
\fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR
print version number, then exit
.TP
\fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-verbose\fR
verbosely report processing
.TP
\fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-debug\fR
don't remove temporary files
.TP
\fB\-f\fR, \fB\-\-force\fR
consider all files obsolete
.SS "Library directories:"
.TP
\fB\-B\fR, \fB\-\-prepend\-include\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR
prepend directory DIR to search path
.TP
\fB\-I\fR, \fB\-\-include\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR
append directory DIR to search path
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <bug\-autoconf@gnu.org>.
.br
GNU Autoconf home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
.br
General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR autoconf (1),
.BR automake (1),
.BR autoreconf (1),
.BR autoupdate (1),
.BR autoheader (1),
.BR autoscan (1),
.BR config.guess (1),
.BR config.sub (1),
.BR ifnames (1),
.BR libtool (1).
.PP
The full documentation for
.B autoupdate
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B autoupdate
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info autoupdate
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.