PCRE-CONFIG
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 01 January 2012
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NAME
pcre-config - program to return PCRE configuration
SYNOPSIS
pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs]
[--libs16] [--libs32] [--libs-cpp] [--libs-posix]
[--cflags] [--cflags-posix]
DESCRIPTION
pcre-config returns the configuration of the installed PCRE
libraries and the options required to compile a program to use them. Some of
the options apply only to the 8-bit, or 16-bit, or 32-bit libraries,
respectively, and are
not available if only one of those libraries has been built. If an unavailable
option is encountered, the "usage" information is output.
OPTIONS
- --prefix
-
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for architecture
independent files (/usr on many systems, /usr/local on some
systems) to the standard output.
- --exec-prefix
-
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for architecture
dependent files (normally the same as --prefix) to the standard output.
- --version
-
Writes the version number of the installed PCRE libraries to the standard
output.
- --libs
-
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 8-bit PCRE library (-lpcre on many systems).
- --libs16
-
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 16-bit PCRE library (-lpcre16 on many systems).
- --libs32
-
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 32-bit PCRE library (-lpcre32 on many systems).
- --libs-cpp
-
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with
PCRE's C++ wrapper library (-lpcrecpp -lpcre on many
systems).
- --libs-posix
-
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with
PCRE's POSIX API wrapper library (-lpcreposix -lpcre on many
systems).
- --cflags
-
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile
files that use PCRE (this may include some -I options, but is blank on
many systems).
- --cflags-posix
-
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile
files that use PCRE's POSIX API wrapper library (this may include some -I
options, but is blank on many systems).
SEE ALSO
pcre(3)
AUTHOR
This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker for the Debian GNU/Linux
system. It has been subsequently revised as a generic PCRE man page.
REVISION
Last updated: 24 June 2012