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1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement | |
3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. | |
4 | .\" | |
14140efb | 5 | .\" @(#)mkstr.1 6.2 (Berkeley) %G% |
b763ca03 | 6 | .\" |
16c204ca | 7 | .TH MKSTR 1 "" |
b763ca03 KM |
8 | .UC |
9 | .SH NAME | |
10 | mkstr \- create an error message file by massaging C source | |
11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
12 | .B mkstr | |
13 | [ | |
14 | .B \- | |
15 | ] | |
16 | messagefile prefix file ... | |
17 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
18 | .I Mkstr | |
19 | is used to create files of error messages. | |
20 | Its use can make programs with large numbers of error diagnostics much | |
21 | smaller, and reduce system overhead in running the program as the | |
22 | error messages do not have to be constantly swapped in and out. | |
23 | .PP | |
24 | .I Mkstr | |
25 | will process each of the specified | |
26 | .I files, | |
27 | placing a massaged version of the input file in a file whose name | |
28 | consists of the specified | |
29 | .I prefix | |
30 | and the original name. | |
31 | A typical usage of | |
32 | .I mkstr | |
33 | would be | |
34 | .DT | |
35 | .PP | |
36 | mkstr pistrings xx *.c | |
37 | .PP | |
38 | This command would cause all the error messages from the C source | |
39 | files in the current directory to be placed in the file | |
40 | .I pistrings | |
41 | and processed copies of the source for these files to be placed in | |
42 | files whose names are prefixed with | |
43 | .I xx. | |
44 | .PP | |
45 | To process the error messages in the source to the message file | |
46 | .I mkstr | |
47 | keys on the string | |
48 | \%`error("' | |
49 | in the input stream. | |
50 | Each time it occurs, the C string starting at the `"' is placed | |
51 | in the message file followed by a null character and a new-line character; | |
52 | the null character terminates the message so it can be easily used | |
53 | when retrieved, the new-line character makes it possible to sensibly | |
54 | .I cat | |
55 | the error message file to see its contents. | |
56 | The massaged copy of the input file then contains a | |
57 | .I lseek | |
58 | pointer into the file which can be used to retrieve the message, i.e.: | |
59 | .IP | |
60 | .DT | |
61 | .nf | |
62 | \fBchar\fR efilname[] = "/usr/lib/pi_strings"; | |
63 | \fBint\fR efil = -1; | |
64 | .sp | |
65 | error(a1, a2, a3, a4) | |
66 | { | |
67 | \fBchar\fR buf[256]; | |
68 | ||
69 | \fBif\fR (efil < 0) { | |
70 | efil = open(efilname, 0); | |
71 | \fBif\fR (efil < 0) { | |
72 | oops: | |
73 | perror(efilname); | |
74 | exit(1); | |
75 | } | |
76 | } | |
77 | \fBif\fR (lseek(efil, (long) a1, 0) |\|| read(efil, buf, 256) <= 0) | |
78 | \fBgoto\fR oops; | |
79 | printf(buf, a2, a3, a4); | |
80 | } | |
81 | .fi | |
82 | .PP | |
83 | The optional | |
84 | .B \- | |
85 | causes the error messages to be placed at the end of the specified | |
86 | message file for recompiling part of a large | |
87 | .IR mkstr \|ed | |
88 | program. | |
89 | .SH SEE\ ALSO | |
90 | lseek(2), xstr(1) |