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GNU Info (autoconf.info)Examining DeclarationsExamining Declarations ====================== The macro `AC_TRY_CPP' is used to check whether particular header files exist. You can check for one at a time, or more than one if you need several header files to all exist for some purpose. - Macro: AC_TRY_CPP (INPUT, [ACTION-IF-TRUE], [ACTION-IF-FALSE]) If the preprocessor produces no error messages while processing the INPUT (typically includes), run shell commands ACTION-IF-TRUE. Otherwise run shell commands ACTION-IF-FALSE. Beware that INPUT is double quoted. Shell variable, back quote, and backslash substitutions are performed on INPUT. This macro uses `CPPFLAGS', but not `CFLAGS', because `-g', `-O', etc. are not valid options to many C preprocessors. Here is how to find out whether a header file contains a particular declaration, such as a typedef, a structure, a structure member, or a function. Use `AC_EGREP_HEADER' instead of running `grep' directly on the header file; on some systems the symbol might be defined in another header file that the file you are checking `#include's. - Macro: AC_EGREP_HEADER (PATTERN, HEADER-FILE, ACTION-IF-FOUND, [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]) If the output of running the preprocessor on the system header file HEADER-FILE matches the `egrep' regular expression PATTERN, execute shell commands ACTION-IF-FOUND, otherwise execute ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND. To check for C preprocessor symbols, either defined by header files or predefined by the C preprocessor, use `AC_EGREP_CPP'. Here is an example of the latter: AC_EGREP_CPP(yes, [#ifdef _AIX yes #endif ], is_aix=yes, is_aix=no) - Macro: AC_EGREP_CPP (PATTERN, PROGRAM, [ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]) PROGRAM is the text of a C or C++ program, on which shell variable, back quote, and backslash substitutions are performed. If the output of running the preprocessor on PROGRAM matches the `egrep' regular expression PATTERN, execute shell commands ACTION-IF-FOUND, otherwise execute ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND. This macro calls `AC_PROG_CPP' or `AC_PROG_CXXCPP' (depending on which language is current, Note: Language Choice), if it hasn't been called already. automatically generated by info2www version 1.2.2.9 |