PCRE-CONFIG(1) PCRE-CONFIG(1)
NAME
pcre-config - program to return PCRE configuration
SYNOPSIS
pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs]
[--libs-posix] [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]
DESCRIPTION
pcre-config returns the configuration of the installed PCRE libraries
and the options required to compile a program to use them.
OPTIONS
--prefix Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
architecture independent files (/usr on many systems,
/usr/local on some systems) to the standard output.
--exec-prefix
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
architecture dependent files (normally the same as --prefix)
to the standard output.
--version Writes the version number of the installed PCRE libraries to
the standard output.
--libs Writes to the standard output the command line options
required to link with PCRE (-lpcre on many systems).
--libs-posix
Writes to the standard output the command line options
required to link with the PCRE posix emulation library
(-lpcreposix -lpcre on many systems).
--cflags Writes to the standard output the command line options
required to compile files that use PCRE (this may include
some -I options, but is blank on many systems).
--cflags-posix
Writes to the standard output the command line options
required to compile files that use the PCRE posix emulation
library (this may include some -I options, but is blank on
many systems).
SEE ALSO
pcre(3)
AUTHOR
This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker for the Debian
GNU/Linux system. It has been slightly revised as a generic PCRE man
page.
REVISION
Last updated: 18 April 2007