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Name

pcre-config — program to return PCRE configuration

Synopsis

pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs] [−−libs16] [−−libs32] [−−libs−cpp] [−−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. Some of the options apply only to the 8-bit, or 16-bit, or 32-bit libraries, respectively, and are not available if only one of those libraries has been built. If an unavailable option is encountered, the "usage" information is output.

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 the 8-bit PCRE library (−lpcre on many systems).

−−libs16

Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with the 16-bit PCRE library (−lpcre16 on many systems).

−−libs32

Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with the 32-bit PCRE library (−lpcre32 on many systems).

−−libs-cpp

Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with PCRE's C++ wrapper library (−lpcrecpp −lpcre on many systems).

−−libs-posix

Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with PCRE's POSIX API wrapper 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 PCRE's POSIX API wrapper 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 subsequently revised as a generic PCRE man page.

REVISION

Last updated: 24 June 2012
COPYRIGHT

This manual page is taken from the PCRE library, which is distributed under the BSD license.