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30.\"     @(#)ctags.1	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/6/93
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32.Dd June 6, 1993
33.Dt CTAGS 1
34.Os
35.Sh NAME
36.Nm ctags
37.Nd create a tags file
38.Sh SYNOPSIS
39.Nm
40.Op Fl BFadtuwvx
41.Op Fl f Ar tagsfile
42.Ar name ...
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm
45makes a tags file for
46.Xr ex 1
47from the specified C,
48Pascal, Fortran,
49.Tn YACC ,
50lex, and lisp sources.
51A tags file gives the locations of specified objects in a group of files.
52Each line of the tags file contains the object name, the file in which it
53is defined, and a search pattern for the object definition, separated by
54white-space.
55Using the
56.Ar tags
57file,
58.Xr ex 1
59can quickly locate these object definitions.
60Depending upon the options provided to
61.Nm ,
62objects will consist of subroutines, typedefs, defines, structs,
63enums and unions.
64.Bl -tag -width Ds
65.It Fl B
66use backward searching patterns
67.Pq Li ?...? .
68.It Fl F
69use forward searching patterns
70.Pq Li /.../
71(the default).
72.It Fl a
73append to
74.Ar tags
75file.
76.It Fl d
77create tags for
78.Li #defines
79that don't take arguments;
80.Li #defines
81that take arguments are tagged automatically.
82.It Fl f
83Places the tag descriptions in a file called
84.Ar tagsfile .
85The default behaviour is to place them in a file called
86.Ar tags .
87.It Fl t
88create tags for typedefs, structs, unions, and enums.
89.It Fl u
90update the specified files in the
91.Ar tags
92file, that is, all
93references to them are deleted, and the new values are appended to the
94file.
95(Beware: this option is implemented in a way which is rather
96slow; it is usually faster to simply rebuild the
97.Ar tags
98file.)
99.It Fl v
100An index of the form expected by
101.Xr vgrind 1
102is produced on the standard output.
103This listing
104contains the object name, file name, and page number (assuming 64
105line pages).
106Since the output will be sorted into lexicographic order,
107it may be desired to run the output through
108.Xr sort 1 .
109Sample use:
110.Bd -literal -offset indent
111ctags \-v files \&| sort \-f \*[Gt] index
112vgrind \-x index
113.Ed
114.It Fl w
115suppress warning diagnostics.
116.It Fl x
117.Nm
118produces a list of object
119names, the line number and file name on which each is defined, as well
120as the text of that line and prints this on the standard output.
121This
122is a simple index which can be printed out as an off-line readable
123function index.
124.El
125.Pp
126Files whose names end in
127.Sq \&.c
128or
129.Sq \&.h
130are assumed to be C
131source files and are searched for C style routine and macro definitions.
132Files whose names end in
133.Sq \&.y
134are assumed to be
135.Tn YACC
136source files.
137Files whose names end in
138.Sq \&.l
139are assumed to be lisp files if their
140first non-blank character is
141.Sq \&; ,
142.Sq \&( ,
143or
144.Sq \&[ ,
145otherwise, they are
146treated as lex files.
147Other files are first examined to see if they
148contain any Pascal or Fortran routine definitions, and, if not, are
149searched for C style definitions.
150.Pp
151The tag
152.Li main
153is treated specially in C programs.
154The tag formed
155is created by prepending
156.Ar M
157to the name of the file, with the
158trailing
159.Sq \&.c
160and any leading pathname components removed.
161This
162makes use of
163.Nm
164practical in directories with more than one
165program.
166.Pp
167Yacc and lex files each have a special tag.
168.Ar Yyparse
169is the start
170of the second section of the yacc file, and
171.Ar yylex
172is the start of
173the second section of the lex file.
174.Sh FILES
175.Bl -tag -width tags -compact
176.It Pa tags
177default output tags file
178.El
179.Sh EXIT STATUS
180.Ex -std
181Duplicate objects are not considered errors.
182.Sh SEE ALSO
183.Xr ex 1 ,
184.Xr vi 1
185.Sh HISTORY
186The
187.Nm
188command appeared in
189.Bx 3.0 .
190.Sh BUGS
191Recognition of
192.Em functions  ,
193.Em subroutines
194and
195.Em procedures
196for
197.Tn FORTRAN
198and Pascal is done in a very simpleminded way.
199No attempt
200is made to deal with block structure; if you have two Pascal procedures
201in different blocks with the same name you lose.
202.Nm
203doesn't
204understand about Pascal types.
205.Pp
206The method of deciding whether to look for C, Pascal or
207.Tn FORTRAN
208functions is a hack.
209.Pp
210.Nm
211relies on the input being well formed, and any syntactical
212errors will completely confuse it.
213It also finds some legal syntax
214confusing; for example, since it doesn't understand
215.Li #ifdef Ns 's
216(incidentally, that's a feature, not a bug), any code with unbalanced
217braces inside
218.Li #ifdef Ns 's
219will cause it to become somewhat disoriented.
220In a similar fashion, multiple line changes within a definition will
221cause it to enter the last line of the object, rather than the first, as
222the searching pattern.
223The last line of multiple line
224.Li typedef Ns 's
225will similarly be noted.
226