NAME¶

autoscan - Generate a preliminary configure.ac

SYNOPSIS¶

autoscan [OPTION]... [SRCDIR]

DESCRIPTION¶

Examine source files in the directory tree rooted at SRCDIR, or the current directory if none is given. Search the source files for common portability problems, check for incompleteness of 'configure.ac', and create a file 'configure.scan' which is a preliminary 'configure.ac' for that package.

-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

AUTHOR¶

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS¶

Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.
GNU Autoconf home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/>.
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright © 2021 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>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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 autoscan is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and autoscan programs are properly installed at your site, the command

info autoscan

should give you access to the complete manual.