.TH PCRE-CONFIG 1
.SH NAME
pcre-config - program to return PCRE configuration
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pcre-config  [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--version] [--libs] 
                [--libs-posix] [--cflags] [--cflags-posix]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpcre-config\fR returns the configuration of the installed PCRE
libraries: the options required to compile a program to use them.


.SH OPTIONS
.TP 10
\fB--prefix\fR
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
architecture independent files (/usr on debian systems, /usr/local on
many other systems) to standard output.
.TP
\fB--exec-prefix\fR
Writes the directory prefix used in the PCRE installation for
architecture dependent files (normally the same as --prefix)
to standard output.
\fB--version\fR
Writes the version of PCRE installed to standard output.
.TP
\fB--libs\fR
Writes to standard output the command line options required to link
with PCRE (-lpcre on debian systems).
.TP
\fB--libs-posix\fR
Writes to standard output the command line options required to link
with the PCRE posix emulation library (-lpcreposix -lpcre on debian
systems).
.TP
\fB--cflags\fR
Writes to standard output the command line options required to compile 
files that use PCRE (this often includes some -I options, but is blank 
on debian systems).
.TP
\fB--cflags-posix\fR
Writes to standard output the command line options required to compile
files that use the PCRE posix emulation library (this often includes
some -I options, but is blank on debian systems). Suppress printing of
filenames when searching multiple files.
.TP


.SH SEE ALSO
\fBpcre(3)


.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Mark Baker <mark@mnb.org.uk>,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).