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1 .\" Copyright (C) 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
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2 .\" 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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3 .\" See section COPYING for conditions for redistribution
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4 .TH etags 1 "23nov2001" "GNU Tools" "GNU Tools"
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5 .de BP
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11 .SH NAME
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12 etags, ctags \- generate tag file for Emacs, vi
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13 .SH SYNOPSIS
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14 .hy 0
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15 .na
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16 \fBetags\fP [\|\-aCDGIRVh\|] [\|\-i \fIfile\fP\|] [\|\-l \fIlanguage\fP\|]
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17 .if n .br
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18 [\|\-o \fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-r \fIregexp\fP\|]
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19 [\|\-\-parse\-stdin=\fIfile\fP\|]
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20 .br
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21 [\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-no\-defines\|]
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22 [\|\-\-no\-globals\|] [\|\-\-include=\fIfile\fP\|]
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23 [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|] [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|]
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24 [\|\-\-no\-members\|] [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|]
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25 [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|] [\|\-\-no\-regex\|]
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26 [\|\-\-help\|] [\|\-\-version\|]
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27 \fIfile\fP .\|.\|.
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29 \fBctags\fP [\|\-aCdgIRVh\|] [\|\-BtTuvwx\|] [\|\-l \fIlanguage\fP\|]
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30 .if n .br
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31 [\|\-o \fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-r \fIregexp\fP\|]
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32 [\|\-\-parse\-stdin=\fIfile\fP\|]
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33 .br
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34 [\|\-\-append\|] [\|\-\-backward\-search\|]
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35 [\|\-\-cxref\|] [\|\-\-defines\|] [\|\-\-forward\-search\|]
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36 [\|\-\-globals\|] [\|\-\-ignore\-indentation\|]
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37 [\|\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP\|] [\|\-\-members\|]
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38 [\|\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP\|] [\|\-\-regex=\fIregexp\fP\|]
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39 [\|\-\-typedefs\|] [\|\-\-typedefs\-and\-c++\|]
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40 [\|\-\-update\|]
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41 [\|\-\-help\|] [\|\-\-version\|]
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42 \fIfile\fP .\|.\|.
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43 .ad b
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44 .hy 1
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45 .SH DESCRIPTION
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46 The \|\fBetags\fP\| program is used to create a tag table file, in a format
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47 understood by
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48 .BR emacs ( 1 )\c
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49 \&; the \|\fBctags\fP\| program is used to create a similar table in a
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50 format understood by
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51 .BR vi ( 1 )\c
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52 \&. Both forms of the program understand
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53 the syntax of C, Objective C, C++, Java, Fortran, Ada, Cobol, Erlang, HTML,
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54 LaTeX, Emacs Lisp/Common Lisp, Lua, makefile, Pascal, Perl, PHP, Postscript,
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55 Python, Prolog, Scheme and
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56 most assembler\-like syntaxes.
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57 Both forms read the files specified on the command line, and write a tag
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58 table (defaults: \fBTAGS\fP for \fBetags\fP, \fBtags\fP for
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59 \fBctags\fP) in the current working directory.
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60 Files specified with relative file names will be recorded in the tag
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61 table with file names relative to the directory where the tag table
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62 resides. If the tag table is in /dev, however, the file names are made
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63 relative to the working directory. Files specified with absolute file
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64 names will be recorded
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65 with absolute file names. Files generated from a source file\-\-like
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66 a C file generated from a source Cweb file\-\-will be recorded with
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67 the name of the source file.
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68 The programs recognize the language used in an input file based on its
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69 file name and contents. The \fB\-\-language\fP switch can be used to force
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70 parsing of the file names following the switch according to the given
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71 language, overriding guesses based on filename extensions.
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72 .SH OPTIONS
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73 Some options make sense only for the \fBvi\fP style tag files produced
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74 by ctags;
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76 The programs accept unambiguous abbreviations for long option names.
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77 .TP
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78 .B \-a, \-\-append
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79 Append to existing tag file. (For \fBvi\fP-format tag files, see also
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80 \fB\-\-update\fP.)
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81 .TP
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82 .B \-B, \-\-backward\-search
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83 Tag files written in the format expected by \fBvi\fP contain regular
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84 expression search instructions; the \fB\-B\fP option writes them using
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85 the delimiter `\|\fB?\fP\|', to search \fIbackwards\fP through files.
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86 The default is to use the delimiter `\|\fB/\fP\|', to search \fIforwards\fP
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87 through files.
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88 Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option.
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89 .TP
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90 .B \-\-declarations
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91 In C and derived languages, create tags for function declarations,
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92 and create tags for extern variables unless \-\-no\-globals is used.
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93 .TP
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94 .B \-d, \-\-defines
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95 Create tag entries for C preprocessor constant definitions
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96 and enum constants, too. Since this is the default behavior of
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97 \fBetags\fP, only \fBctags\fP accepts this option.
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98 .TP
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99 .B \-D, \-\-no\-defines
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100 Do not create tag entries for C preprocessor constant definitions
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101 and enum constants.
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102 This may make the tags file much smaller if many header files are tagged.
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103 Since this is the default behavior of \fBctags\fP, only \fBetags\fP
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104 accepts this option.
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105 .TP
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106 .B \-\-globals
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107 Create tag entries for global variables in C, C++, Objective C, Java,
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108 and Perl.
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110 accepts this option.
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111 .TP
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112 .B \-\-no\-globals
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113 Do not tag global variables. Typically this reduces the file size by
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114 one fourth. Since this is the default behavior of \fBctags\fP, only
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115 \fBetags\fP accepts this option.
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116 .TP
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117 \fB\-i\fP \fIfile\fP, \fB\-\-include=\fIfile\fP
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118 Include a note in the tag file indicating that, when searching for a
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119 tag, one should also consult the tags file \fIfile\fP after checking the
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120 current file. Only \fBetags\fP accepts this option.
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121 .TP
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122 .B \-I, \-\-ignore\-indentation
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123 Don't rely on indentation as much as we normally do. Currently, this
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124 means not to assume that a closing brace in the first column is the
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125 final brace of a function or structure definition in C and C++.
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126 .TP
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127 \fB\-l\fP \fIlanguage\fP, \fB\-\-language=\fIlanguage\fP
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128 Parse the following files according to the given language. More than
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129 one such options may be intermixed with filenames. Use \fB\-\-help\fP
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130 to get a list of the available languages and their default filename
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131 extensions. The `auto' language can be used to restore automatic
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132 detection of language based on the file name. The `none'
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133 language may be used to disable language parsing altogether; only
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134 regexp matching is done in this case (see the \fB\-\-regex\fP option).
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135 .TP
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136 .B \-\-members
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137 Create tag entries for variables that are members of structure-like
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138 constructs in C++, Objective C, Java. This is the default for etags.
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139 .TP
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140 .B \-\-no\-members
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141 Do not tag member variables. This is the default for ctags.
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142 .TP
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143 .B \-\-packages\-only
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144 Only tag packages in Ada files.
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145 .TP
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146 \fB\-\-parse\-stdin=\fIfile\fP
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147 May be used (only once) in place of a file name on the command line.
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148 \fBetags\fP will read from standard input and mark the produced tags
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149 as belonging to the file \fBFILE\fP.
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150 .TP
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151 \fB\-o\fP \fItagfile\fP, \fB\-\-output=\fItagfile\fP
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152 Explicit name of file for tag table; overrides default \fBTAGS\fP or
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153 \fBtags\fP. (But ignored with \fB\-v\fP or \fB\-x\fP.)
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165 \fB@\fP\fIregexfile\fP
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177 .br
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183 dot character in \fItagregexp\fP matches the newline char as well.
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184 .br
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187 character is needed inside the regular expression, it must be quoted
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188 by preceding it with \fB\\\fP.
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189 .br
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190 The optional \fB{\fP\fIlanguage\fP\fB}\fP prefix means that the tag
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191 should be
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193 otherwise. This is particularly useful when storing many predefined
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194 regexps in a file.
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195 .br
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196 In its second form, \fIregexfile\fP is the name of a file that contains
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197 a number of arguments to the \fI\-\-regex\=\fP option,
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199 to be comments, and ignored.
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208 \fI\-\-regex\='/[ \\t]*DEFVAR_[A-Z_ \\t(]+"\\([^"]+\\)"/'\fP
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209 .\"" This comment is to avoid confusion to Emacs syntax highlighting
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214 .br
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215 \fI\-\-language\=none\ \-\-regex='/[\ \\t]*\\(ARCHITECTURE\\|\\
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217 \\(ATTRIBUTE\\|ENTITY\\|FUNCTION\\|PACKAGE\\(\ BODY\\)?\\
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218 \\|PROCEDURE\\|PROCESS\\|TYPE\\)[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t(]+\\)/\\3/'\fP
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219 .br
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223 \fI\-\-lang\=none \-\-regex\='/proc[\ \\t]+\\([^\ \\t]+\\)/\\1/'\fP
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225 .br
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226 A regexp can be preceded by {\fIlang\fP}, thus restricting it to match
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227 lines of files of the specified language. Use \fBetags --help\fP to obtain
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228 a list of the recognised languages. This feature is particularly useful inside
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229 \fBregex files\fP. A regex file contains one regex per line. Empty lines,
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230 and those lines beginning with space or tab are ignored. Lines beginning
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233 .br
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234 For example, the command
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235 .br
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236 \fIetags \-\-regex=@regex.file *.c\fP
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238 reads the regexes contained in the file regex.file.
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239 .TP
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240 .B \-R, \-\-no\-regex
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241 Don't do any more regexp matching on the following files. May be
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242 freely intermixed with filenames and the \fB\-\-regex\fP option.
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243 .TP
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244 .B \-t, \-\-typedefs
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245 Record typedefs in C code as tags. Since this is the default behavior
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246 of \fBetags\fP, only \fBctags\fP accepts this option.
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247 .TP
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248 .B \-T, \-\-typedefs\-and\-c++
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249 Generate tag entries for typedefs, struct, enum, and union tags, and
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250 C++ member functions. Since this is the default behavior
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251 of \fBetags\fP, only \fBctags\fP accepts this option.
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252 .TP
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253 .B \-u, \-\-update
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254 Update tag entries for \fIfiles\fP specified on command line, leaving
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255 tag entries for other files in place. Currently, this is implemented
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256 by deleting the existing entries for the given files and then
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257 rewriting the new entries at the end of the tags file. It is often
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258 faster to simply rebuild the entire tag file than to use this.
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259 Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option.
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260 .TP
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261 .B \-v, \-\-vgrind
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262 Instead of generating a tag file, write index (in \fBvgrind\fP format)
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264 .TP
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265 .B \-x, \-\-cxref
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267 \fBcxref\fP format) to standard output. Only \fBctags\fP accepts this option.
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268 .TP
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269 .B \-h, \-H, \-\-help
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270 Print usage information. Followed by one or more \-\-language=LANG
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273 .B \-V, \-\-version
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277 .SH "SEE ALSO"
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278 `\|\fBemacs\fP\|' entry in \fBinfo\fP; \fIGNU Emacs Manual\fP, Richard
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279 Stallman.
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281 .BR cxref ( 1 ),
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282 .BR emacs ( 1 ),
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283 .BR vgrind ( 1 ),
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284 .BR vi ( 1 ).
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286 .SH COPYING
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287 Copyright
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288 .if t \(co
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289 .if n (c)
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290 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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291 .PP
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292 Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
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293 document provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
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294 preserved on all copies.
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295 .PP
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296 Permission is granted to copy and distribute modified versions of
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297 this document under the conditions for verbatim copying, provided that
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298 the entire resulting derived work is distributed under the terms of
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299 a permission notice identical to this one.
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300 .PP
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301 Permission is granted to copy and distribute translations of this
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302 document into another language, under the above conditions for
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303 modified versions, except that this permission notice may be stated
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304 in a translation approved by the Free Software Foundation.
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306 .\" arch-tag: 9534977f-af78-42f0-991d-1df6b6c05573