REGCMP(1,C) AIX Commands Reference REGCMP(1,C) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- regcmp PURPOSE Compiles patterns. SYNTAX +-----+ regcmp ---| |-- file --| +- - -+ ^ | +------+ DESCRIPTION The regcmp command compiles the pattern in file, placing its output in file.i. In most cases, regcmp makes unnecessary the use of the regcmp system call in your C programs, saving execution time and program size. The output of regcmp is C source code. Make each file entry a C variable name, followed by one or more blanks, followed by a pattern enclosed in double quotation marks (" "). Compiled patterns are initialized char declarations. Thus, file.i can be included in C programs, and file.c can be a file parameter to the cc command. The C program that uses regcmp output should use the regex subroutine to apply it to a string. (See regcmp and regex in AIX Operating System Technical Reference.) FLAG - Places the output in file.c RELATED INFORMATION See the regcmp subroutine in AIX Operating System Technical Reference. Processed November 8, 1990 REGCMP(1,C) 1