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g-ir-scanner(1)						       g-ir-scanner(1)

NAME
       g-ir-scanner - extracting C metadata from sources and headers

SYNOPSIS
       g-ir-scanner [OPTION...] FILES...

DESCRIPTION
       g-ir-scanner is a tool which generates GIR XML files by parsing headers
       and introspecting GObject based libraries.  It is usually invoked  dur‐
       ing the normal build step for a project and the information is saved to
       disk and later installed, so that language bindings and other  applica‐
       tions can use it.  Header files and source files are passed in as argu‐
       ments on the command line.  The suffix determines  whether  a  file  be
       treated	as  a source file (.c) or a header file (.h). Currently only C
       based libraries are supported by the scanner.

OPTIONS
       --help Show help options

       --quiet
	      If passed, do not print details of normal operation.

       --warn-all
	      Display warnings for public API which is not introspectable.

       --warn-error
	      Make warnings be fatal errors.

       --format=FORMAT
	      This parameters decides which the resulting format will be used.
	      The default value is gir.

       --include=NAME
	      Add the specified introspection dependency to the scanned names‐
	      pace.  NAME is of the form NAMESPACE-VERSION, like Gtk-3.0.

       --include-uninstalled=PATH
	      Add the specified introspection dependency to the scanned names‐
	      pace.  This differs from --include in that it takes a file path,
	      and does not process the pkg-config dependencies (since they may
	      not be installed yet).

       --add-include-path=PATH
	      Add  a  directory to the path which the scanner uses to find GIR
	      files.  Can be used multiple times to specify multiple  directo‐
	      ries

       -i, --library=LIBRARY
	      Specifies	 a  library that will be introspected. This means that
	      the *_get_type() functions in it will be called for GObject data
	      types.   The  name of the library should not contain the leading
	      lib prefix nor the ending shared library suffix.

       -L, --library-path=PATH
	      Include this directory  when  searching  for  a  library.	  This
	      option  can be specified multiple times to include more than one
	      directory to look for libraries in.

       -Idirectory
	      Include this directory in the list of directories to be searched
	      for  header  files.   You	 need  to  pass to the scanner all the
	      directories you'd normally pass to the compiler when  using  the
	      specified source files.

       -n, --namespace=NAME
	      The  namespace  name.  This  name	 should be capitalized, eg the
	      first letter should  be  upper  case.  Examples:	Gtk,  Clutter,
	      WebKit.

       --no-libtool
	      Disable  usage  of  libtool  for	compiling  stub	 introspection
	      binary.  Use this if your build system does not require libtool.

       --libtool
	      Full path to libtool executable.	Typically  used	 for  Automake
	      systems.

       --nsversion=VERSION
	      The  namespace  version.	For  instance 1.0. This is usually the
	      platform version, eg 2.0 for Gtk+, not 2.12.7.

       -p, --program=PROGRAM
	      Specifies a binary that will be introspected.  This  means  that
	      the *_get_type() functions in it will be called for GObject data
	      types.  The binary must be  modified  to	take  a	 --introspect=
	      option,  and to pass the argument to this function to g_ireposi‐
	      tory_dump.

       --program-arg=ARG
	      Additional argument to pass to program for introspection.

       --identifier-prefix=PREFIX
	      This option may be specified multiple times.  Each one  gives  a
	      prefix  that  will  be stripped from all C identifiers.  If none
	      specified, the namespace will be used.  Eg, an identifier prefix
	      of  Foo will export the identifier typdef struct _FooBar FooBar;
	      as Foo.Bar.

       --symbol-prefix=PREFIX
	      This option may be specified multiple times.  Each one  gives  a
	      prefix  that will be stripped from all C symbols.	 Eg, an symbol
	      prefix of foo will export	 the  symbol  foo_bar_do_something  as
	      Foo.Bar.do_something.

       --accept-unprefixed
	      If  specified,  the  scanner will accept identifiers and symbols
	      which do not match the namespace prefix.	 Try  to  avoid	 using
	      this if possible.

       --output=FILENAME
	      Name  of	the file to output. Normally namespace + format exten‐
	      sion.  Eg, GLib-2.0.gir.

       --pkg=PACKAGE
	      List of pkg-config packages to get  compiler  and	 linker	 flags
	      from.   This  option  can be specified multiple times to include
	      flags from several pkg-config packages.

       --pkg-export=PACKAGE
	      List of pkg-config packages that are provided by	the  generated
	      gir.   This  option  can	be specified multiple times if the gir
	      provides more packages.  If not specified, the  packages	speci‐
	      fied with --pkg= will be used.

       --verbose
	      Be verbose, include some debugging information.

       ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
	      The  g-ir-scanner	 uses  the XDG_DATA_DIRS variable to check for
	      dirs, the girs are located in XDG_DATA_DIRS/gir-1.0. It is  nor‐
	      mally  set  on  a	 distribution  so you shouldn't need to set it
	      yourself.

	      The variable GI_SCANNER_DISABLE_CACHE ensures that  the  scanner
	      will not write cache data to $HOME.

BUGS
       Report  bugs  at	 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/  in	 the  glib product and
       introspection component.

HOMEPAGE and CONTACT
       http://live.gnome.org/GObjectIntrospection

AUTHORS
       Johan Dahlin

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