ppdep
dumps the dependencies of a unit in a format that can be
understood by GNU
make
writes these dependencies to standard
output. It takes care of dependencies both in the interface and
implemntation 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 dependecies 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
makefile. 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 conditional 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
makefile.
-f[call]
This option tells
ppdep
to generate a compiler call for the
makefile. The compiler call will be generated only for the file that
was specified on the
ppdep
command line. If you want to generate a
compiler 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 standard output.
If you specify this option, the dependencies are written 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.