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  31. .Dd November 1, 2002
  32. .Dt MKSTR 1
  33. .Os
  34. .Sh NAME
  35. .Nm mkstr
  36. .Nd create an error message file by massaging C source
  37. .Sh SYNOPSIS
  38. .Nm
  39. .Op Fl
  40. .Ar mesgfile
  41. .Ar prefix Ar
  42. .Sh DESCRIPTION
  43. The
  44. .Nm
  45. utility creates a file containing error messages extracted from C source,
  46. and restructures the same C source, to utilize the created error message
  47. file.
  48. The intent of
  49. .Nm
  50. was to reduce the size of large programs and
  51. reduce swapping (see
  52. .Sx BUGS
  53. section below).
  54. .Pp
  55. The
  56. .Nm
  57. utility processes each of the specified files,
  58. placing a restructured version of the input in a file whose name
  59. consists of the specified
  60. .Ar prefix
  61. and the original name.
  62. A typical usage of
  63. .Nm
  64. is
  65. .Pp
  66. .Dl "mkstr pistrings xx *.c"
  67. .Pp
  68. This command causes all the error messages from the C source
  69. files in the current directory to be placed in the file
  70. .Pa pistrings
  71. and restructured copies of the sources to be placed in
  72. files whose names are prefixed with
  73. .Dq Li xx .
  74. .Pp
  75. Options:
  76. .Bl -tag -width indent
  77. .It Fl
  78. Error messages are placed at the end of the specified
  79. message file for recompiling part of a large
  80. .Nm Ns ed
  81. program.
  82. .El
  83. .Pp
  84. The
  85. .Nm
  86. utility finds error messages in the source by
  87. searching for the string
  88. .Sq Li error("
  89. in the input stream.
  90. Each time it occurs, the C string starting at the
  91. .Ql \&"
  92. is stored
  93. in the message file followed by a null character and a new-line character;
  94. The new source is restructured with
  95. .Xr lseek 2
  96. pointers into the error message file for retrieval.
  97. .Bd -literal -offset indent
  98. char efilname = "/usr/lib/pi_strings";
  99. int efil = -1;
  100. error(a1, a2, a3, a4)
  101. {
  102. char buf[256];
  103. if (efil < 0) {
  104. efil = open(efilname, 0);
  105. if (efil < 0)
  106. err(1, "%s", efilname);
  107. }
  108. if (lseek(efil, (off_t)a1, SEEK_SET) < 0 ||
  109. read(efil, buf, 256) <= 0)
  110. err(1, "%s", efilname);
  111. printf(buf, a2, a3, a4);
  112. }
  113. .Ed
  114. .Sh SEE ALSO
  115. .Xr gencat 1 ,
  116. .Xr xstr 1 ,
  117. .Xr lseek 2
  118. .Sh HISTORY
  119. An
  120. .Nm
  121. utility appeared in
  122. .Bx 3.0 .
  123. .Sh BUGS
  124. The
  125. .Nm
  126. utility was intended for the limited architecture of the PDP 11 family.
  127. Very few programs actually use it.
  128. The memory savings are negligible in modern computers.