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From: leech@zeta.cs.unc.edu (Jonathan Leech)
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Subject: Re: Wanted - Auto function prototype generator
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Date: 24 Jan 89 20:22:31 GMT
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In article <943@ubu.warwick.UUCP> geoff@emerald.UUCP (Geoff Rimmer) writes:
>The program should scan thru a set of C source files, checking each
>function definition.  If the function is extern, it should place a
>function prototype in the relevant header file (if it was in foo.c,
>put the proto in foo.h).  If the function is static, it should place a
>prototype at the top of that .c file.

    I hacked up BSD lint to generate prototypes, this was posted in
comp.sources.misc a few months ago (as 'proto'). A little work with
shell scripts and sed on top of this would do what you want. If
you don't have BSD lint sources available, this is no help.
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