ACLOCAL(1)

NAME
aclocal - manual page for aclocal 1.11

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 <tromey@redhat.com>

    and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-automake@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 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.