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1<sect2><title>&nbsp;</title><para>&nbsp;</para></sect2>
2
3<sect2><title>Descriptions</title>
4
5<para>Last checked against version &automake-contversion;.</para>
6
7<sect3><title>Program file descriptions</title>
8
9<sect4><title>acinstall</title>
10<para>acinstall is a script which installs aclocal-style M4 files.</para></sect4>
11
12<sect4><title>aclocal, aclocal-1.6</title>
13<para>automake includes a number of autoconf macros which can be used in
14packages, some of which are needed by automake in certain
15situations. These macros must be defined in the aclocal.m4-file
16or they will not be seen by autoconf.</para>
17
18<para>The aclocal program will automatically generate aclocal.m4 files
19based on the contents of configure.in. This provides a convenient
20way to get automake-provided macros without having to search around.
21Also, the aclocal mechanism is extensible for use
22by other packages.</para></sect4>
23
24<sect4><title>automake, automake-1.6</title>
25<para>To create all the Makefile.in files for a package, run the
26automake program in the top level directory, with no
27arguments. automake will automatically find each appropriate
28Makefile.am (by scanning configure.in) and generate the corresponding
29Makefile.in.</para></sect4>
30
31<sect4><title>compile</title>
32<para>compile is script which acts as a wrapper for compilers.</para></sect4>
33
34<sect4><title>config.guess</title>
35<para>config.guess is a script which attempts to guess a canonical system
36name.</para></sect4>
37
38<sect4><title>config.sub</title>
39<para>config.sub is a configuration validation subroutine script.</para></sect4>
40
41<sect4><title>depcomp</title>
42<para>depcomp is a script which compiles a program while generating
43dependencies as side-effects.</para></sect4>
44
45<sect4><title>elisp-comp</title>
46<para>elisp-comp is a script which byte-compiles .el files.</para></sect4>
47
48<sect4><title>install-sh</title>
49<para>install-sh is a script which installs a program, script, or a
50datafile.</para></sect4>
51
52<sect4><title>mdate-sh</title>
53<para>mdate-sh is a script which prints the modification time of a file
54or directory.</para></sect4>
55
56<sect4><title>missing</title>
57<para>missing is a script which acts as a common stub for a few missing
58GNU programs during an installation.</para></sect4>
59
60<sect4><title>mkinstalldirs</title>
61<para>mkinstalldirs is a script which makes a directory
62hierarchy.</para></sect4>
63
64<sect4><title>py-compile</title>
65<para>py-compile is a script which compiles a Python program.</para></sect4>
66
67<sect4><title>ylwrap</title>
68<para>ylwrap is a script which acts as a wrapper for lex/yacc
69invocations.</para></sect4>
70
71</sect3>
72
73</sect2>
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