Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition

Name

autoupdate

Synopsis

autoupdate [options] [file]

GNU autoupdate tool. Update the configure template file file, or configure.ac if no file is specified. This command is seldom invoked manually. It is usually called automatically from other autoconf tools.

Options

-d, --debug

Don’t remove temporary files.

-f, --force

Remake all configure scripts, even when newer than their template files.

-h, --help

Print help message, then exit.

-v, --verbose

Verbosely print information about the progress of autoupdate.

-I dir, --include=dir

Search in directory dir for input files.

-V, --version

Print version number, then exit.