ppdep(1)             Free Pascal unit dependency tracking             ppdep(1)

NAME
       ppdep - The FPC Pascal unit dependency tracking program.


SYNOPSIS
       ppdep [-DDefine] [-oFile] [-eext] [-V] [-h] [A[call]] file


Description
       ppdep dumps the dependencies of a unit in a format that can be
       understood by GNU make. It writes these dependencies to standard
       output. It takes care of dependencies both in the interface and
       implementation section of the unit, and it can handle conditional
       defines.


Usage
       You can invoke ppdep with as the only required argument the name of the
       file (program or unit) whose dependencies you wish to list. You don't
       need to specify an extension, by default .pp is assumed.


Options
       ppdep has several options, which are case insensitive:


       -acall This option tells ppdep to generate a compiler call for the
              makefile. The compiler call will be generated for each file that
              is found in the current directory. If you do no specify an
              explicit compiler call, ppc386 is used.

       -dkeyword
              This option defines keyword that can be used to verify
              conditional defines.  ppdep understands conditional defines, you
              should use this switch if the uses clause of the programs or
              units can contain conditional defines.

       -eext  This allows you to specify a different extension for the unit
              files.  By default, .ppu is assumed. This extension is written
              to the makefile.

       -f[call]
              This option tells ppdep to generate a compiler call for the
              makefile. The compiler call will be generated only for the file
              that was specified on the ppdep command line. If you want to
              generate a compiler call for each file found, use the -a option.
              If you do no specify an explicit compiler call, ppc386 is used.

       -h     Shows a short help screen.

       -ofile This option allows you to specify a file to which the
              dependencies should be written. By default the dependencies are
              written to standard output.  If you specify this option, the
              dependencies are written to file

              instead.

       -v     Writes some diagnostic messages. If you use this option, be sure
              to use -o as well, since the diagnostic messages will also be
              written to standard output.


SEE ALSO
              ppc386(1) ppumove(1) make(1)

Free Pascal                       9 June 1999                         ppdep(1)