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.TH AUTOHEADER "1" "December 2023" "GNU Autoconf 2.72" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
autoheader \- Create a template header for configure
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B autoheader
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... [\fI\,TEMPLATE-FILE\/\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
Create a template file of C '#define' statements for 'configure' to
use.  To this end, scan TEMPLATE\-FILE, or 'configure.ac' if present,
or else 'configure.in'.
.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
.TP
\fB\-W\fR, \fB\-\-warnings\fR=\fI\,CATEGORY\/\fR
report the warnings falling in CATEGORY
(comma\-separated list accepted)
.SS "Warning categories are:"
.TP
cross
cross compilation issues
.TP
gnu
GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)
.TP
obsolete
obsolete features or constructions (default)
.TP
override
user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables
.TP
portability
portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)
.TP
portability\-recursive
nested Make variables (default with \fB\-Wportability\fR)
.TP
extra\-portability
extra portability issues related to obscure tools
.TP
syntax
dubious syntactic constructs (default)
.TP
unsupported
unsupported or incomplete features (default)
.SS "-W also understands:"
.TP
all
turn on all the warnings
.TP
none
turn off all the warnings
.TP
no\-CATEGORY
turn off warnings in CATEGORY
.TP
error
treat all enabled warnings as errors
.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 Roland McGrath and Akim Demaille.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to
.MT bug-autoconf@gnu.org
.ME ,
or via Savannah:
.UR https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=autoconf
.UE .
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <https://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).

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