NAME
h2ph - convert .h C header files to .ph Perl header files
SYNOPSIS
h2ph [-d destination directory] [-r | -a] [-l] [headerfiles]
DESCRIPTION
h2ph converts any C header files specified to the corresponding Perl header file format. It is most easily run while in /usr/include:
cd /usr/include; h2ph * sys/*
or
cd /usr/include; h2ph * sys/* arpa/* netinet/*
or
cd /usr/include; h2ph -r -l .
The output files are placed in the hierarchy rooted at Perls architecture dependent library directory. You can specify a different hierarchy with a -d switch.
If run with no arguments, filters standard input to standard output.
OPTIONS
-d destination_dir |
Put the resulting .ph files beneath destination_dir, instead of
beneath the default Perl library location ($Config{installsitearch}). |
-r | Run recursively; if any of headerfiles are directories, then run h2ph on all files in those directories (and their subdirectories, etc.). -r and -a are mutually exclusive. |
-a | Run automagically; convert headerfiles, as well as any .h files which they include. This option will search for .h files in all directories which your C compiler ordinarily uses. -a and -r are mutually exclusive. |
-l | Symbolic links will be replicated in the destination directory. If -l is not specified, then links are skipped over. |
-h |
Put hints in the .ph files which will help in locating problems with
h2ph. In those cases when you require a .ph file containing syntax
errors, instead of the cryptic
[ some error condition ] at (eval mmm) line nnn
you will see the slightly more helpful
[ some error condition ] at filename.ph line nnn
However, the .ph files almost double in size when built using -h. |
-D | Include the code from the .h file as a comment in the .ph file. This is primarily used for debugging h2ph. |
-Q | Quiet mode; dont print out the names of the files being converted. |
ENVIRONMENT
No environment variables are used.
FILES
/usr/include/*.h
/usr/include/sys/*.h
etc.
AUTHOR
Larry Wall
SEE ALSO
perl(1)
DIAGNOSTICS
The usual warnings if it cant read or write the files involved.
BUGS
Doesnt construct the
%sizeofarray for you.
It doesnt handle all C constructs, but it does attempt to isolate definitions inside evals so that you can get at the definitions that it can translate.
Its only intended as a rough tool. You may need to dicker with the files produced.
You have to run this program by hand; its not run as part of the Perl installation.
Doesnt handle complicated expressions built piecemeal, a la:
enum {
FIRST_VALUE,
SECOND_VALUE,
#ifdef ABC
THIRD_VALUE
#endif
};
Doesnt necessarily locate all of your C compilers internally-defined symbols.