.TH ABMODULES 1 2017-01-18
.SH NAME
abmodules  \-  find B modules
.SH SYNOPSIS
abmodules [ \-o outputfile.c ] [ file ... ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I abmodules
finds B modules in a set of ack.out(5) format object files, and either lists
them or generates a C file which initialises the modules.
.PP
This tool is used for multiple compilation of B programs; B modules must be
initialised before use, and this tool generates the initialisation code for
programs containing an abitrary number of modules.
See em_b(6) for details.
.PP
Options are:
.TP
.B  \-o filename
Write C source to
.I filename
containing a definition of a binit() function which will initalise all modules
found.
If not present, a simple list of module names is written to stdout instead.
.SH SEE ALSO
ack.out(5), em_b(6)