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NAME
       aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.13.4

SYNOPSIS
       aclocal [OPTION]...

DESCRIPTION
       Generate 'aclocal.m4' by scanning 'configure.ac' or 'configure.in'

OPTIONS
       --automake-acdir=DIR
              directory holding automake-provided m4 files

       --system-acdir=DIR
              directory holding third-party system-wide files

       --diff[=COMMAND]
              run COMMAND [diff -u] on M4 files that would be changed (implies --install and --dry-run)

       --dry-run
              pretend to, but do not actually update any file

       --force
              always update output file

       --help print this help, then exit

       -I DIR add directory to search list for .m4 files

       --install
              copy third-party files to the first -I directory

       --output=FILE
              put output in FILE (default aclocal.m4)

       --print-ac-dir
              print name of directory holding system-wide third-party m4 files, then exit

       --verbose
              don't be silent

       --version
              print version number, then exit

       -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
              report the warnings falling in CATEGORY

   Warning categories include:
       syntax dubious syntactic constructs (default)

       unsupported
              unknown macros (default)

       all    all the warnings (default)

       no-CATEGORY
       Report bugs to <[email protected]>.
       GNU Automake home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/>.
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   ©   2013   Free   Software   Foundation,  Inc.   License  GPLv2+:  GNU  GPL  version  2  or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the  extent  per‐
       mitted by law.

SEE ALSO
       The  full  documentation  for aclocal is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and aclocal programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info aclocal

       should give you access to the complete manual.



aclocal 1.13.4                                        June 2014                                            ACLOCAL(1)