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| 1 | +.\" This is -*-nroff-*- |
| 2 | +.\" XXX standard disclaimer belongs here.... |
| 3 | +.TH ECPG UNIX 2/11/98 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL |
| 4 | +.SH NAME |
| 5 | +ecpg - embedded SQL preprocessor for C |
| 6 | +.SH SYNOPSIS |
| 7 | +.BR ecpg |
| 8 | +[\c |
| 9 | +.BR"-v" |
| 10 | +] |
| 11 | +[\c |
| 12 | +.BR"-d" |
| 13 | +] |
| 14 | +[\c |
| 15 | +.BR"-o" |
| 16 | +outfile |
| 17 | +] |
| 18 | +file1 |
| 19 | +[file2] |
| 20 | +[...] |
| 21 | +.in-5n |
| 22 | +.SH DESCRIPTION |
| 23 | +ecpg an embedded SQL in C package for PostgreSQL. It enables you to |
| 24 | +develop C programs with embedded SQL code. |
| 25 | +.PP |
| 26 | +.IR"ecpg" |
| 27 | +understands the following command-line options: |
| 28 | +.TP |
| 29 | +.BR"-v" |
| 30 | +Print version information. |
| 31 | +.TP |
| 32 | +.BR"-d" |
| 33 | +Turn on debugging. |
| 34 | +.TP |
| 35 | +.BR"-o"" outfile" |
| 36 | +Specifies that |
| 37 | +.IR"ecpg" |
| 38 | +should write all its output to |
| 39 | +.IR"outfile". Ifno suchoption isgiven theoutput iswritten tofoo.c |
| 40 | +if the input file was name foo.pgc or to foo.bar.c if the input file was |
| 41 | +foo.bar. |
| 42 | +.TP |
| 43 | +.BR"file1, file2, ..." |
| 44 | +The files to be processed. |
| 45 | +.SH "BUGS" |
| 46 | +This version of ecpg is not able to handle structures inside the sql declare |
| 47 | +blocks. |
| 48 | +.TP |
| 49 | +The return code is alway -1 in case of an error. You cannot see which error |
| 50 | +occured by examining the return code. |
| 51 | +.SH "RETURN VALUE" |
| 52 | +.IR ecpg |
| 53 | +returns 0 to the shell on successful completion, -1 for errors, |
| 54 | +.SH "SEE ALSO" |
| 55 | +cc(1). |
| 56 | + |