NAME¶
PMK Syntax —
PMK files syntax
manual
DESCRIPTION¶
This manual page describe the basic syntax used in PMK files such as
pmkfile and
scanfile
DATA TYPES¶
PMK Syntax uses pseudo types like the following:
- bool
- The classical boolean type with TRUE and FALSE values.
For example:
- identifier
- An identifier is a string of alphanumerical and underscores
characters.
For example:
REQUIRED
a_label
underscores_are_nice
- quoted
- This means quoted string which can contain a set of
characters delimited by quotation marks.
For examples:
"simple quoted string"
"string that contain \"quotes\" backslashed"
"can also contain filenames like pmkfile.scan"
- list
- It is one or more of the previous types between brackets.
Multiple objects are separated with a comma. Blanks are currently not
allowed beside commas, this means that you can find them only in a quoted
string of the list.
For example:
("only_one_string")
("added a boolean",TRUE)
(mixed_list_of,"words","and",TRUE,"quoted strings")
BASIC SYNTAX¶
PMK Syntax can contain comments, blank lines and commands.
A command has the following format (? character means optional field):
<command><?(label)> {
<body>
}
The command and label names can be assimilated to the 'word' type. See
DATA TYPES above.
The body can contain comment(s) and definition line(s). A commented line start
with a '#' character like the following:
A definition line has the following format:
<?blank><key name><?blank>=<?blank><key value>
The key name is of identifier type.
The key value type can be 'bool', 'quoted' or 'list'. The right type will depend
on the key name (see further).
For example:
CHECK_INCLUDE(header_sys_param) {
# following options use different uses of blank characters
# key value is word type
REQUIRED = TRUE
# key value is list type
DEPEND= ("dep_one",dep_two,"dep_three")
# key value is quoted type
INCLUDE = "sys/param.h"
}
SEE ALSO¶
pmkfile(5),
scanfile(5)