FASTDEP

NAME

fastdep — fast dependency generator for C/C++

SYNOPSIS

fastdep [options] file

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the fastdep command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page. Instead, it has html documentation in HTML format; see below.

fastdep is a dependency generator for C and C++ files. It generates dependencies an order of magnitude faster than using gcc to do such.

Example Makefile fragment:

_depend:        
fastdep $(SOURCES) > _depend

-include _depend

OPTIONS

This programs follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (‘-’). A summary of options is included below.
-v --version

Show version, author, license of program.

SEE ALSO

make (1), cook (1), gcc (1), dep.pl (1), cvs (1), aegis (1).

The program is documented fully at /usr/share/doc/fastdep/manual/fastdep.html.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Zenaan Harkness zen AT freedbms DOT org for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.