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AUTOUPDATE(1)                                   User Commands                                  AUTOUPDATE(1)



NAME
       autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf

SYNOPSIS
       autoupdate [OPTION] ...  [TEMPLATE-FILE...]

DESCRIPTION
       Update  the  TEMPLATE-FILE...  if given, or `configure.ac' if present, or else `configure.in', to the
       syntax of the current version of Autoconf.  The original files are backed up.

   Operation modes:
       -h, --help
              print this help, then exit

       -V, --version
              print version number, then exit

       -v, --verbose
              verbosely report processing

       -d, --debug
              don't remove temporary files

       -f, --force
              consider all files obsolete

   Library directories:
       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
              prepend directory DIR to search path

       -I, --include=DIR
              append directory DIR to search path

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to <bug-autoconf@gnu.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the terms of the GNU  General  Public
       License  <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html.   There  is  NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
       law.

SEE ALSO
       autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1),  config.guess(1),
       config.sub(1), ifnames(1), glibtool(1).

       The  full documentation for autoupdate is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and autoupdate
       programs are properly installed at your site, the command

              info autoupdate

       should give you access to the complete manual.



autoupdate 2.61                                 November 2006                                  AUTOUPDATE(1)