PROTOC(1)
NAME
protoc - compile protocol buffer description files
SYNOPSIS
protoc [--cpp_out=OUT_DIR] [--java_out=OUT_DIR] [--python_out=OUT_DIR] [-IPATH | --proto-path=PATH] PROTO_FILE protoc {-h | --help} protoc --version
DESCRIPTION
protoc is a compiler for protocol buffers definitions files. It can can
generate C++, Java and Python source code for the classes defined in
PROTO_FILE.
OPTIONS
- -IPATH, --proto_path=PATH
- Specify the directory in which to search for imports. May be
specified multiple times; directories will be searched in order. If not given, the current working directory is used. - --cpp_out=OUT_DIR
- Enable generation of C++ bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.
- --java_out=OUT_DIR
- Enable generation of Java bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.
- --python_out=OUT_DIR
- Enable generation of Python bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.
- -h, --help
- Show summary of options.
- --version
- Show version of program.
- Note that at least one of the --cpp_out, --java_out and --python_out
options must be given (otherwise the program has nothing to do). It's
also possible to specify more than one.
BUGS
The program currently exits with code 255 for all errors, which makes
it hard to differentiante from scripts the actual error.
The upstreams BTS can be found at
http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/issues/list.
SEE ALSO
More documentation about protocol buffers syntax and APIs is available
online at
http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/overview.html.
AUTHOR
- Iustin Pop <iusty@k1024.org>
- Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2007 Iustin Pop
This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by
others).
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at
your option) any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation.
- On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.