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NAME
       cscope-indexer - Script to index files for cscope

SYNOPSIS
       cscope-indexer [-v] [-f database_file] [-i list_file] [-l] [-r]

DESCRIPTION
       This  script  generates a list of files to index (cscope.out), which is
       then (optionally) used to generate a cscope database.  You can use this
       script to just build a list of files, or it can be used to build a list
       and database.  This script is not used to just build a database  (skip-
       ping  the list of files step), as this can be simply done by just call-
       ing "cscope -b".

       Normally, cscope will do its own indexing, but this script can be  used
       to  force  indexing.  This is useful if you need to recurse into subdi-
       rectories, or have many files to index (you can run this script from  a
       cron  job,  during  the  night).   It  is  especially  useful for large
       projects, which can contstantly have source files added and deleted; by
       using  this  script,  the changing sources files are automatically han-
       dled.

       Currently, any paths containing "/CVS/" or  "/RCS/"  are  stripped  out
       (ignored).

OPTIONS
       -f database_file
              Specifies the cscope database file (default: cscope.out).

       -i list_file
              Specifies  the  name of the file into which the list of files to
              index is placed (default: cscope.files).

       -l     Suppress the generation/updating of the  cscope  database  file.
              Only a list of files is generated.

       -r     Recurse  into  subdirectories to locate files to index.  Without
              this option, only the current directory is searched.

       -v     Be verbose.  Output simple progress messages.

SEE ALSO
       cscope(1)

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux system by  Robert
       Lemmen <robertle@semistable.com> (but may be used by others, of course)

Script to index files for cscop30. December 2002             cscope-indexer(1)

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