ppdep(1)

NAME

ppdep - The FPC Pascal unit dependency tracking program.

SYNOPSIS

ppdep [-DDefine] [-oFile] [-eext] [-V] [-h] [A[call]] file

Description

ppdep dumps the dependencies of a unit in a format that

can be understood by GNU make output. It takes care of dependen

cies both in the interface and implementation section of the

unit, and it can handle conditional defines.

Usage

You can invoke ppdep with as the only required argument

the name of the file (program or unit) whose dependecies you wish

to list. You don't need to specify an extension, by default .pp

is assumed.

Options

ppdep has several options, which are case insensitive:

-acall This option tells ppdep to generate a compiler call

for the makefile. The compiler call will be generated for each

file that is found in the current directory. If you do no specify

an explicit compiler call, ppc386 is used.

-dkeyword

This option defines keyword that can be used to

verify conditional defines. ppdep understands conditional de

fines, you should use this switch if the uses clause of the pro

grams or units can contain conditional defines.

-eext This allows you to specify a different extension

for the unit files. By default, .ppu is assumed. This extension

is written to the makefile.

-f[call]

This option tells ppdep to generate a compiler call

for the makefile. The compiler call will be generated only for

the file that was specified on the ppdep command line. If you

want to generate a compiler call for each file found, use the -a

option. If you do no specify an explicit compiler call, ppc386

is used.

-h Shows a short help screen.

-ofile This option allows you to specify a file to which

the dependencies should be written. By default the dependencies

are written to standard output. If you specify this option, the

dependencies are written to file

instead.

-v Writes some diagnostic messages. If you use this

option, be sure to use -o as well, since the diagnostic messages

will also be written to standard output.

SEE ALSO

ppc386(1) ppumove(1) make(1)

Free Pascal 9 June 1999

ppdep(1)