.\" Man page contributed by Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
.\" and released under the GNU GPL
.TH MKOCTFILE 1 "1 November 2002" "GNU Octave"
.SH NAME
mkoctfile - Compile dynamic-load modules for GNU Octave
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR mkoctfile\  [-IDIR]\ [-DDEF]\ [-lLIB]\ [-LDIR]\ [-M|--depend]\ 
[-c]\ [-o FILE|--output FILE]\ [-p VAR|--print VAR]\ [-s|\--strip]\ 
[-v|--verbose]\ [-h|-?|--help]\ \fIfile\fP .\|.\|.  
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fImkoctfile\fP is used to compile source C, C++ or Fortran source code in
dynamically loadable 
.I .oct
file for 
.BR octave (1).
.SH OPTIONS
.l
\fImkoctfile\fP accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B \-IDIR
Add include directory DIR to compile commands.
.TP 8
.B \-DDEF
Add definition DEF to compiler call.
.TP 8
.B \-lLIB
Add library LIB to link command.
.TP 8
.B \-LDIR
Add library directory DIR to link command.
.TP 8
.B \-M|\-\-depend
Generate dependency files (.d) for C and C++ source files.
.TP 8
.B \-c
Compile but do not link.
.TP 8
.B \-o FILE|\-\-output FILE
Output file name; default extension is .oct.
.TP
.B \-p VAR|\-\-print VAR
Print configuration variable VAR.  Recognized variables are:
.RS
    CPPFLAGS    CPICFLAG
    INCFLAGS    CXX
    F2C         CXXFLAGS
    F2CFLAGS    CXXPICFLAG
    F77         XTRA_CFLAGS
    FFLAGS      XTRA_CXXFLAGS
    FPICFLAG    SHLEXT
    CC          SH_LD
    CFLAGS      SH_LDFLAGS
.RE
.TP 8
.B \-s|--strip
Strip the output file.
.TP 8
.B \-v|--verbose
Echo commands as they are executed.
.TP 8
.B file
Compile or linke file. Recognised file types are 
.RS
    .c    C source
    .cc   C++ source
    .C    C++ source
    .cpp  C++ source
    .f    Fortran source
    .F    Fortran source
    .o    object file
    .SH SEE ALSO
    .BR octave (1).
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
John W. Eaton <jwe@bevo.che.wisc.edu>

This manual page was contributed by Dirk Eddelbuettel
<edd@debian.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution but 
may be used by others.