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MK_CMDS(1)		     General Commands Manual		      MK_CMDS(1)

NAME
     mk_cmds - error table compiler

SYNOPSIS
     mk_cmds file

DESCRIPTION
     Mk_cmds converts a table listing command names and associated help messages
     into a C source file suitable for use with the ss(3) library.

     The  source  file name must end with a suffix of ``.ct''; the file consists
     of a declaration supplying the name of the command table:

     command_table name

     followed by entries of the form:

     [ request | unimplemented ] name, " string "[, abbrev]...;

     and a final

     end

     to indicate the end of the table.

     A C source file is generated which should be compiled and linked  with  the
     object files use the ss library.

     A	``#''  in the source file is treated as a comment character, and all re-
     maining text to the end of the source line will be ignored.

BUGS
     Since the original mk_cmds uses a very simple parser based on yacc(1),  and
     this current version of mk_cmds uses an awk/sed combination of scripts, its
     error recovery leaves much to be desired.

SEE ALSO
     ss (3)

E2FSPROGS			      2003			      MK_CMDS(1)

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