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NAME
       autoupdate - Update a configure.in to a newer Autoconf

SYNOPSIS
       autoupdate [OPTION]... [TEMPLATE-FILE]...

DESCRIPTION
       Update  each  TEMPLATE-FILE if given, or `configure.ac' if
       present, or else `configure.in', to the syntax of the cur-
       rent  version  of Autoconf.  The original files are backed
       up.

   Operation modes:
       -h, --help
              print this help, then exit

       -V, --version
              print version number, then exit

       -v, --verbose
              verbosely report processing

       -d, --debug
              don't remove temporary files

       -f, --force
              consider all files obsolete

   Library directories:
       -B, --prepend-include=DIR
              prepend directory DIR to search path

       -I, --include=DIR
              append directory DIR to search path

AUTHOR
       Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License
       GPLv2+:     GNU     GPL     version     2     or     later
       
       This is free software: you are free to change  and  redis-
       tribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
       by law.

SEE ALSO
       autoconf(1),  automake(1),  autoreconf(1),  autoupdate(1),
       autoheader(1),    autoscan(1),    config.guess(1),    con-
       fig.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1).

       The full documentation for autoupdate is maintained  as  a
       Texinfo  manual.   If the info and autoupdate programs are
       properly installed at your site, the command

              info autoupdate

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU Autoconf 2.63         September 2008            AUTOUPDATE(1)