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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 make-
	    file. 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 con-
	    ditional 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  make-
	    file.

     -f[call]
	    This  option  tells  ppdep to generate a compiler call for the make-
	    file. The compiler call will be generated only for the file that was
	    specified on the ppdep command line. If you want to generate a  com-
	    piler  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 stan-
	    dard output.  If you specify this option, the dependencies are writ-
	    ten 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)
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