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NAME
       aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.11.1

SYNOPSIS
       aclocal [OPTIONS] ...

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

OPTIONS
       --acdir=DIR
              directory holding config files (for debugging)

       --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 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'
              turn off warnings in CATEGORY

       `none' turn off all the warnings

       `error'
              treat warnings as errors

AUTHOR
       Written by Tom Tromey <tromeyATredhat.com>

              and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adlATgnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-automakeATgnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   (C)   2009   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 permitted 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 1.11.1                                            December 2009                                               ACLOCAL(1)