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5.4 aclocal options

aclocal accepts the following options:

--acdir=dir ¶

Look for the macro files in dir instead of the installation directory. This is typically used for debugging.

--help ¶

Print a summary of the command line options and exit.

-I dir ¶

Add the directory dir to the list of directories searched for .m4 files.

--force ¶

Always overwrite the output file. The default is to overwrite the output file only when really needed, i.e., when its contents changes or if one of its dependencies is younger.

--output=file ¶

Cause the output to be put into file instead of aclocal.m4.

--print-ac-dir ¶

Prints the name of the directory that aclocal will search to find third-party .m4 files. When this option is given, normal processing is suppressed. This option can be used by a package to determine where to install a macro file.

--verbose ¶

Print the names of the files it examines.

--version ¶

Print the version number of Automake and exit.