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NAME

6       pcre-config - program to return PCRE configuration
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SYNOPSIS

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10       pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs]
11                   [--libs16] [--libs32] [--libs-cpp] [--libs-posix]
12                   [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]
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DESCRIPTION

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16       pcre-config  returns  the configuration of the installed PCRE libraries
17       and the options required to compile a program to use them. Some of  the
18       options  apply  only  to  the  8-bit,  or  16-bit, or 32-bit libraries,
19       respectively, and are not available if only one of those libraries  has
20       been built. If an unavailable option is encountered, the "usage" infor‐
21       mation is output.
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OPTIONS

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25       --prefix  Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
26                 architecture   independent   files  (/usr  on  many  systems,
27                 /usr/local on some systems) to the standard output.
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29       --exec-prefix
30                 Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
31                 architecture  dependent files (normally the same as --prefix)
32                 to the standard output.
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34       --version Writes the version number of the installed PCRE libraries  to
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37       --libs    Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
38                 required to link with the 8-bit PCRE library (-lpcre on  many
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41       --libs16  Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
42                 required to link with the 16-bit PCRE  library  (-lpcre16  on
43                 many systems).
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45       --libs32  Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
46                 required to link with the 32-bit PCRE  library  (-lpcre32  on
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50                 Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
51                 required to link with PCRE's C++ wrapper  library  (-lpcrecpp
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55                 Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
56                 required to  link  with  PCRE's  POSIX  API  wrapper  library
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59       --cflags  Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
60                 required to compile files that use  PCRE  (this  may  include
61                 some -I options, but is blank on many systems).
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63       --cflags-posix
64                 Writes  to  the  standard  output  the  command  line options
65                 required to compile files that use PCRE's POSIX  API  wrapper
66                 library  (this  may  include some -I options, but is blank on
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SEE ALSO

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71       pcre(3)
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AUTHOR

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75       This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker  for  the  Debian
76       GNU/Linux  system.  It  has been subsequently revised as a generic PCRE
77       man page.
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REVISION

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81       Last updated: 24 June 2012
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85PCRE 8.30                       01 January 2012                 PCRE-CONFIG(1)