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diff --git a/libparser-generate.1 b/libparser-generate.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..47ef367 --- /dev/null +++ b/libparser-generate.1 @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ +.TH LIBPARSER-GENERATE 7 LIBPARSER +.SH NAME +libparser-generate \- Generate grammar definition for libparser + +.SH SYNPOSIS +.B libparser-generate +.I main-rule + +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.B libparser-generate +utility parsers the standard input according to the +grammar specified in +.BR libparser (7) +and prints to the standard output a C source file +containing the definition for +.B libparser_rule +that is declared in +.B <libparser.h> +as +.PP +.RS +.nf +.I extern const struct libparser_rule *const libparser_rule_table[]; +.fi +.RE +.PP +This table will contain all defined rules, plus three +special rules: +.TP +.B @start +.nf +.BI "@start = " main-rule ", (@eof | @noeof);" +.fi + +where +.I main-rule +is the value of the +.I main-rule +operand in the command line. This +.RB [ @start ] +is the rule the +.BR libparser_parse_file (3) +function will use when parsing input. +.TP +.B @eof +This rule has a special definition, it is +matched if the end of the file has been +reached. +.TP +.B @noeof +.nf +.B "@noeof = -;" +.fi + +This rule is simple defined as an exception, +causing the parsing to terminate at the end +with an exception of it didn't reach the end +of the file. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR libparser (7), +.BR libparser_parse_file (3) |