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NAME

6       mk_cmds - error table compiler
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SYNOPSIS

9       mk_cmds file
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DESCRIPTION

12       Mk_cmds converts a table listing command names and associated help mes‐
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15       The source file name must end with a suffix of ``.ct''; the  file  con‐
16       sists of a declaration supplying the name of the command table:
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20       followed by entries of the form:
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28       to indicate the end of the table.
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30       A  C  source file is generated which should be compiled and linked with
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33       A ``#'' in the source file is treated as a comment character,  and  all
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BUGS

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

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