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<h1>pcre-config man page</h1>
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<li><a name="TOC1" href="#SEC1">SYNOPSIS</a>
<li><a name="TOC2" href="#SEC2">DESCRIPTION</a>
<li><a name="TOC3" href="#SEC3">OPTIONS</a>
<li><a name="TOC4" href="#SEC4">SEE ALSO</a>
<li><a name="TOC5" href="#SEC5">AUTHOR</a>
<li><a name="TOC6" href="#SEC6">REVISION</a>
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<b>pcre-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs]</b>
<b> [--libs16] [--libs32] [--libs-cpp] [--libs-posix]</b>
<b> [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]</b>
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<br><a name="SEC2" href="#TOC1">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
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<b>pcre-config</b> returns the configuration of the installed PCRE
libraries and the options required to compile a program to use them. Some of
the options apply only to the 8-bit, or 16-bit, or 32-bit libraries,
respectively, and are
not available if only one of those libraries has been built. If an unavailable
option is encountered, the "usage" information is output.
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<br><a name="SEC3" href="#TOC1">OPTIONS</a><br>
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<b>--prefix</b>
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for architecture
independent files (<i>/usr</i> on many systems, <i>/usr/local</i> on some
systems) to the standard output.
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<b>--exec-prefix</b>
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for architecture
dependent files (normally the same as <b>--prefix</b>) to the standard output.
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<b>--version</b>
Writes the version number of the installed PCRE libraries to the standard
output.
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<b>--libs</b>
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 8-bit PCRE library (<b>-lpcre</b> on many systems).
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<b>--libs16</b>
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 16-bit PCRE library (<b>-lpcre16</b> on many systems).
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<b>--libs32</b>
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link
with the 32-bit PCRE library (<b>-lpcre32</b> on many systems).
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<b>--libs-cpp</b>
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with
PCRE's C++ wrapper library (<b>-lpcrecpp</b> <b>-lpcre</b> on many
systems).
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<b>--libs-posix</b>
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to link with
PCRE's POSIX API wrapper library (<b>-lpcreposix</b> <b>-lpcre</b> on many
systems).
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<b>--cflags</b>
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile
files that use PCRE (this may include some <b>-I</b> options, but is blank on
many systems).
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<b>--cflags-posix</b>
Writes to the standard output the command line options required to compile
files that use PCRE's POSIX API wrapper library (this may include some <b>-I</b>
options, but is blank on many systems).
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<br><a name="SEC4" href="#TOC1">SEE ALSO</a><br>
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<b>pcre(3)</b>
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<br><a name="SEC5" href="#TOC1">AUTHOR</a><br>
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This manual page was originally written by Mark Baker for the Debian GNU/Linux
system. It has been subsequently revised as a generic PCRE man page.
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Last updated: 24 June 2012
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