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AUTOHEADER(1)			  User Commands 		   AUTOHEADER(1)

NAME
     autoheader - Create a template header for configure

SYNOPSIS
     autoheader2.73 [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]

DESCRIPTION
     Create  a	template  file of C '#define' statements for 'configure' to use.
     To this end, scan TEMPLATE-FILE, or  'configure.ac'  if  present,	or  else
     'configure.in'.

     -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

     -R, --replace-handwritten
	    overwrite  an  existing  template file that appears not to have been
	    generated by autoheader2.73

     -W, --warnings=CATEGORY
	    report the warnings falling in CATEGORY  (comma-separated  list  ac-
	    cepted)

   Warning categories are:
     cross  cross compilation issues

     gnu    GNU coding standards (default in gnu and gnits modes)

     obsolete
	    obsolete features or constructions (default)

     override
	    user redefinitions of Automake rules or variables

     portability
	    portability issues (default in gnu and gnits modes)

     portability-recursive
	    nested Make variables (default with -Wportability)

     extra-portability
	    extra portability issues related to obscure tools

     syntax
	    dubious syntactic constructs (default)

     unsupported
	    unsupported or incomplete features (default)

   -W also understands:
     all    turn on all the warnings

     none   turn off all the warnings

     no-CATEGORY
	    turn off warnings in CATEGORY

     error  treat all enabled warnings as errors

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

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

AUTHOR
     Written by Roland McGrath and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
     Report	bugs	 to	bug-autoconf@gnu.org,	  or	via    Savannah:
     https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=autoconf2.73.

COPYRIGHT
     Copyright (C) 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.	License GPLv3+/Autoconf:
     GNU   GPL	 version   3   or   later   <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>,
     <https://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
     This  is  free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There
     is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO
     autoconf2.73(1), automake(1), autoreconf2.73(1),  autoupdate2.73(1),  auto-
     header2.73(1), autoscan2.73(1), ifnames2.73(1), libtool(1).

     The  full documentation for Autoconf is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  To
     read the manual locally, use the command

	    info autoconf2.73

     You   can	 also	consult   the	Web   version	of   the    manual    at
     https://gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/.

GNU Autoconf 2.73		   March 2026			   AUTOHEADER(1)

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