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.TH AUTOSCAN "1" "December 2023" "GNU Autoconf 2.52.20231210" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
autoscan \- Generate a preliminary configure.in
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B autoscan
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR] ... [\fI\,SRCDIR\/\fR]
.SH 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.
.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
.SS "Library directories:"
.TP
\fB\-A\fR, \fB\-\-autoconf\-dir\fR=\fI\,ACDIR\/\fR
Autoconf's files location (rarely needed)
.TP
\fB\-l\fR, \fB\-\-localdir\fR=\fI\,DIR\/\fR
location of `aclocal.m4' and `acconfig.h'
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David J. MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to <dickey@invisible\-island.net>.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.br
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR autoconf (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 autoscan
is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the
.B info
and
.B autoscan
programs are properly installed at your site, the command
.IP
.B info autoscan
.PP
should give you access to the complete manual.