The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 8
IEEE Std 1003.1-2024
Copyright © 2001-2024 The IEEE and The Open Group

NAME

cxref — generate a C-language program cross-reference table (DEVELOPMENT)

SYNOPSIS

[XSI] [Option Start] cxref [-cs] [-o file] [-w num] [-D name[=def]]... [-I dir]...
      
[-U name]... file... [Option End]

DESCRIPTION

The cxref utility shall analyze a collection of C-language files and attempt to build a cross-reference table. Information from #define lines shall be included in the symbol table. A sorted listing shall be written to standard output of all symbols (auto, static, and global) in each file separately, or with the -c option, in combination. Each symbol shall contain an <asterisk> before the declaring reference.

OPTIONS

The cxref utility shall conform to XBD 12.2 Utility Syntax Guidelines , except that the order of the -D, -I, and -U options (which are identical to their interpretation by c17) is significant. The following options shall be supported:

-c
Write a combined cross-reference of all input files.
-s
Operate silently; do not print input filenames.
-o file
Direct output to named file.
-w num
Format output no wider than num (decimal) columns. This option defaults to 80 if num is not specified or is less than 51.
-D
Equivalent to c17.
-I
Equivalent to c17.
-U
Equivalent to c17.

OPERANDS

The following operand shall be supported:

file
A pathname of a C-language source file.

STDIN

Not used.

INPUT FILES

The input files are C-language source files.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

The following environment variables shall affect the execution of cxref:

LANG
Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are unset or null. (See XBD 8.2 Internationalization Variables for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine the values of locale categories.)
LC_ALL
If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalization variables.
LC_COLLATE

Determine the locale for the ordering of the output.
LC_CTYPE
Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments and input files).
LC_MESSAGES

Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.
NLSPATH
Determine the location of messages objects and message catalogs.

ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS

Default.

STDOUT

The standard output shall be used for the cross-reference listing, unless the -o option is used to select a different output file.

The format of standard output is unspecified, except that the following information shall be included:

STDERR

The standard error shall be used only for diagnostic messages.

OUTPUT FILES

The output file named by the -o option shall be used instead of standard output.

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION

None.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values shall be returned:

 0
Successful completion.
>0
An error occurred.

CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS

Default.


The following sections are informative.

APPLICATION USAGE

None.

EXAMPLES

None.

RATIONALE

None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

If this utility is directed to display a pathname that contains any bytes that have the encoded value of a <newline> character when <newline> is a terminator or separator in the output format being used, implementations are encouraged to treat this as an error. A future version of this standard may require implementations to treat this as an error.

SEE ALSO

c17

XBD 8. Environment Variables , 12.2 Utility Syntax Guidelines

CHANGE HISTORY

First released in Issue 2.

Issue 5

In the SYNOPSIS, [-U dir] is changed to [-U name].

Issue 6

The APPLICATION USAGE section is added.

Issue 7

SD5-XCU-ERN-97 is applied, updating the SYNOPSIS.

Issue 8

Austin Group Defect 251 is applied, encouraging implementations to report an error if a utility is directed to display a pathname that contains any bytes that have the encoded value of a <newline> character when <newline> is a terminator or separator in the output format being used.

Austin Group Defect 1122 is applied, changing the description of NLSPATH .

End of informative text.

 

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