EBROWSE(1)

NAME
ebrowse - create a class hierarchy database

SYNOPSIS
ebrowse [options] [FILES...]

DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the ebrowse command. Full documentation is available in the GNU Info format.

ebrowse is used to create the database used by the class browser in Emacs.

OPTIONS
The program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes ("-").

-a, --append
    append output to existing file

-f, --files=FILES
    read input file names from FILE

-I, --search-path=LIST
    set search path for input files

-m, --min-regexp-length=N
    set minimum regexp length to N

-M, --max-regexp-length=N
    set maximum regexp length to N

-n, --no-nested-classes
    exclude nested classes

-o, --output-file=FILE
    set output file name to FILE

-p, --position-info
    print info about position in file

-s, --no-structs-or-unions
    don't record structs or unions

-v, --verbose
    be verbose

-V, --very-verbose
    be very verbose

-x, --no-regexps
    don't record regular expressions

--help
    display this help

--version
    display version info

SEE ALSO
emacs(1), etags(1), and the full documentation for ebrowse which is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and ebrowse programs are properly installed at your site, the command

    info ebrowse

should give you access to the complete manual.

AUTHOR
Ebrowse was written by Gerd Moellmann.

COPYING
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