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diff --git a/mcon/man/mxref.SH b/mcon/man/mxref.SH index acbdf8b..757f23e 100755 --- a/mcon/man/mxref.SH +++ b/mcon/man/mxref.SH @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $spitshell >metaxref.$manext <<!GROK!THIS! .TH METAXREF $manext "Version $VERSION PL$PATCHLEVEL" .\" @(#) Manual page for metaxref .\" -.\" $Id: mxref.SH 1 2006-08-24 12:32:52Z rmanfredi $ +.\" $Id$ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1991-1997, 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi .\" @@ -99,6 +99,19 @@ can be found). .TP .B \-V Print version number and exit. +.TP +\fB\-X\fI file\fR +When examining the source files, ignore any symbols listed in the \fIfile\fR. +This is useful in situations where a particular unit is known not to be needed +for your package's portability targets, but your source files nevertheless +contain occurrences of words that look to \fImetaconfig\fR like symbols defined +in that unit. (For example, you might need the word "index" in a source file, +but not need the unit that determines whether \fIstrcpy\fR or \fIindex\fR +should be used.) +The \fIfile\fR can contain blank lines, comment lines introduced with '#', and +lines containing a single symbol. +If this option is not supplied, any \fI$exclusions_file\fR variable in +\fI.package\fR is honored instead. .SH AUTHOR Harlan Stenn <harlan@mumps.pfcs.com> .SH FILES |