man mkid (Commandes) - Build an identifier database

NAME

mkid - Build an identifier database

SYNOPSIS

mkid [OPTION]... [FILE]...

DESCRIPTION

Build an identifier database.

-o, --output=OUTFILE
file name of ID database output
-f, --file=OUTFILE
synonym for --output
-i, --include=LANGS
include languages in LANGS (default: "C C++ asm")
-x, --exclude=LANGS
exclude languages in LANGS -l, --lang-option=L:OPT pass OPT as a default for language L (see below)
-m, --lang-map=MAPFILE
use MAPFILE to map file names onto source language -d, --default-lang=LANG make LANG the default source language
-p, --prune=NAMES
exclude the named files and/or directories
-v, --verbose
report per file statistics
-s, --statistics
report statistics at end of run
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

FILE may be a file name, or a directory name to recursively search. If no FILE is given, the current directory is searched by default. Note that the `--include' and `--exclude' options are mutually-exclusive.

The following arguments apply to the language-specific scanners:

C language:

-k,--keep=CHARS
Allow CHARS in single-token strings, keep the result
-i,--ignore=CHARS
Allow CHARS in single-token strings, toss the result
-u,--strip-underscore
Strip a leading underscore from single-token strings

C language:

-k,--keep=CHARS
Allow CHARS in single-token strings, keep the result
-i,--ignore=CHARS
Allow CHARS in single-token strings, toss the result
-u,--strip-underscore
Strip a leading underscore from single-token strings

Assembly language:

-c,--comment=CHARS
Any of CHARS starts a comment until end-of-line
-k,--keep=CHARS
Allow CHARS in tokens, and keep the result
-i,--ignore=CHARS
Allow CHARS in tokens, and toss the result
-u,--strip-underscore
Strip a leading underscore from tokens
-n,--no-cpp
Don't handle C pre-processor directives

Text language:

-i,--include=CHAR-CLASS
Treat characters of CHAR-CLASS as token constituents
-x,--exclude=CHAR-CLASS
Treat characters of CHAR-CLASS as token delimiters

SEE ALSO

The full documentation for the id-utils package is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and id-utils packages are properly installed, the command

info 'ID database'

should give you access to the complete manual.