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mkstr(1)
NAME
  mkstr - Creates an error message file

SYNOPSIS
  mkstr [-] message_file prefix file...

  The mkstr command is used to create files of error messages that can be
  removed from a single C source file, or from multiple source files.

OPTIONS
  -   Causes messages to be appended to the specified message file, instead
      of creating a new file.

DESCRIPTION
  The use of mkstr can reduce the size of programs that contain many error
  diagnostics and reduce system overhead in running such programs.

  The mkstr command processes each of the specified files, placing an altered
  version of the input file in a file whose name consists of the specified
  prefix and the original name.

  To process the error messages in the source to the message file, mkstr keys
  on the string 'error(' in the input stream.  Each time it occurs, the C
  string starting at the '' is placed in the message file and is followed by
  a null character and a newline character.  The null character terminates
  the message so it can be easily used when retrieved; the newline character
  makes it possible to catalog the error message file neatly to see its
  contents.

  The altered copy of the input file then contains a lseek() pointer into the
  file that can be used to retrieve the message to its appropriate source
  file, as shown in the following example of a program that mkstr produces.

       char efilname[] =  "/usr/lib/pi_strings";
       int  efil = -1;

       error(int a1, int a2, int a3, int a4)
       {
	  char buf[256];

	  if (efil < 0) {
	  efil = open(efilname, 0);
	  if (efil < 0) {
       oops:
	  perror(efilname);
		 exit(1);
		 }
	  }
	  if ((lseek(efil, (long) a1, 0)) == (long)-1 ) ||
		 read(efil, buf, 256) <= 0)
	  goto oops;
	  printf(buf, a2, a3, a4);
       }

EXAMPLES
   1.  To put the error messages from the current directory C source files
       into a file called pi_strings, and to put processed copies of the
       source for these files into filenames prefixed by xx, enter:
	    mkstr pi_strings xx *.c

   2.  To append the error messages from an additional source file to
       pi_strings, enter:
	    mkstr - pi_strings xx newfile.c

SEE ALSO
  Commands:  xstr(1)

  Functions:  lseek(2)

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