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