PCRE-CONFIG(1) General Commands Manual PCRE-CONFIG(1)
NAME
pcre-config - program to return PCRE configuration
SYNOPSIS
pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs] [--libs-
posix] [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]
DESCRIPTION
pcre-config returns the configuration of the installed PCRE libraries:
the options required to compile a program to use them.
OPTIONS
--prefix Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
architecture independent files (e.g. /usr) to standard out-
put.
--exec-prefix
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
architecture dependent files (normally the same as --prefix)
to standard output.
--version Writes the version of PCRE installed to standard output.
--libs Writes to standard output the command line options required
to link with PCRE (e.g. -lpcre).
--libs-posix
Writes to standard output the command line options required
to link with the PCRE POSIX emulation library (e.g.
-lpcreposix -lpcre).
--cflags Writes to standard output the command line options required
to compile files that use PCRE (this often includes some -I
options, but is blank on debian systems).
--cflags-posix
Writes to standard output the command line options required
to compile files that use the PCRE POSIX emulation library
(this often includes some -I options, but is blank on debian
systems). Suppress printing of filenames when searching mul-
tiple files.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Mark Baker <mark@mnb.org.uk>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
SEE ALSO
pcre(3)
PCRE-CONFIG(1)
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