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.TH ABI-MONITOR "1" "January 2021" "abi-monitor.pl " "User Commands"
.SH NAME
abi-monitor \- monitor new versions of a software library and try to build them
.SH DESCRIPTION
.SS "NAME:"
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ABI Monitor (abi-monitor)
Monitor and build new versions of a C/C++ software library
.SS "DESCRIPTION:"
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ABI Tracker is a tool to monitor new versions of a software
library, try to build them and create profile for ABI Tracker.
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The tool is intended to be used with the ABI Tracker tool for
visualizing API/ABI changes timeline.
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This tool is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU LGPL or GNU GPL.
.SS "USAGE:"
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abi-monitor [options] [profile]
.SS "EXAMPLES:"
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abi-monitor \fB\-get\fR \fB\-build\fR profile.json
.SS "INFORMATION OPTIONS:"
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\fB\-h\fR|\-help
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Print this help.
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\fB\-dumpversion\fR
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Print the tool version (1.12) and don't do
anything else.
.SS "GENERAL OPTIONS:"
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\fB\-get\fR
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Download new library versions.
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\fB\-get\-old\fR
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Download old packages from OldSourceUrl option of the profile.
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\fB\-build\fR
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Build library versions.
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\fB\-rebuild\fR
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Re\-build library versions.
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\fB\-limit\fR NUM
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Limit number of operations to NUM. This is useful if
you want to download or build only NUM packages.
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\fB\-v\fR NUM
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Build only one particular version.
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\fB\-output\fR PATH
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Path to output profile. The tool will overwrite the
input profile by default.
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\fB\-build\-shared\fR
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Build shared objects from static ones if they cannot
be build by the library makefile or build script.
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\fB\-build\-new\fR
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Build newly found packages only. This option should
be used with \fB\-get\fR option.
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\fB\-debug\fR
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Enable debug messages.
.SS "OTHER OPTIONS:"
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\fB\-make\fR OPT
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Add options to 'make' command (e.g. '\-j4').
.PP
ABI Monitor 1.12
A tool to monitor new versions of a software library
Copyright \(co 2017 Andrey Ponomarenko's ABI Laboratory
License: GPL or LGPL
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Usage: abi-monitor [options] [profile]
Example:
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abi-monitor \fB\-get\fR \fB\-build\fR profile.json
.PP
More info: abi-monitor \fB\-\-help\fR
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Peter Spiess-Knafl <dev@spiessknafl.at> for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).