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Invoking Bison
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   The usual way to invoke Bison is as follows:

     bison INFILE

   Here INFILE is the grammar file name, which usually ends in `.y'.
The parser file's name is made by replacing the `.y' with `.tab.c'.
Thus, the `bison foo.y' filename yields `foo.tab.c', and the `bison
hack/foo.y' filename yields `hack/foo.tab.c'. It's is also possible, in
case you are writing C++ code instead of C in your grammar file, to
name it `foo.ypp' or `foo.y++'. Then, the output files will take an
extention like the given one as input (repectively `foo.tab.cpp' and
`foo.tab.c++').  This feature takes effect with all options that
manipulate filenames like `-o' or `-d'.

   For example :

     bison -d INFILE.YXX

will produce `infile.tab.cxx' and `infile.tab.hxx'. and

     bison -d INFILE.Y -o OUTPUT.C++

will produce `output.c++' and `outfile.h++'.

Bison Options

All the options described in detail,

in alphabetical order by short options.

Environment Variables

Variables which affect Bison execution.

Option Cross Key

Alphabetical list of long options.

Extension Limitations Under DOS

Bison output files extension differences

depending on the DOS/Windows file system flavour used.

VMS Invocation

Bison command syntax on VMS.