Copyright (c) 2003 Theodore Ts'o
MK_CMDS 1 "2003" E2FSPROGS
NAME
mk_cmds - error table compiler
SYNOPSIS
mk_cmds file
DESCRIPTION
Mk_cmds converts a table listing command names and associated help messages
into a C source file suitable for use with the
ss (3) library.
The source file name must end with a suffix of ``.ct''; the file
consists of a declaration supplying the name of the command table:
command_table name
followed by entries of the form:
[
request |
unimplemented ]
name, "
string "[, abbrev]...;
and a final
end
to indicate the end of the table.
A C source file is generated which should be compiled and linked
with the object files use the ss library.
A ``#'' in the source file is treated as a comment character, and all
remaining text to the end of the source line will be ignored.
BUGS
Since the original
mk_cmds uses a very simple parser based on
yacc (1), and this current version of
mk_cmds uses an awk/sed combination of scripts,
its error recovery leaves much to be desired.
"SEE ALSO"
ss (3)
