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protoc(1)


NAME

   protoc - compile protocol buffer description files

SYNOPSIS

   protoc [--cpp_out=OUT_DIR] [--java_out=OUT_DIR] [--python_out=OUT_DIR]
          [-IPATH | --proto_path=PATH] PROTO_FILE

   protoc {-h | --help}

   protoc --version

DESCRIPTION

   protoc is a compiler for protocol buffers definitions files. It can can
   generate C++, Java and Python source code for the classes defined in
   PROTO_FILE.

OPTIONS

   -IPATH, --proto_path=PATH
       Specify the directory in which to search for imports. May be
       specified multiple times; directories will be searched in order. If
       not given, the current working directory is used.

   --cpp_out=OUT_DIR
       Enable generation of C++ bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.

   --java_out=OUT_DIR
       Enable generation of Java bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.

   --python_out=OUT_DIR
       Enable generation of Python bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.

   -h, --help
       Show summary of options.

   --version
       Show version of program.

   Note that at least one of the --cpp_out, --java_out and --python_out
   options must be given (otherwise the program has nothing to do). It's
   also possible to specify more than one.

BUGS

   The program currently exits with code 255 for all errors, which makes
   it hard to differentiante from scripts the actual error.

   The upstreams BTS can be found at
   http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/issues/list.

SEE ALSO

   More documentation about protocol buffers syntax and APIs is available
   online at
   http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/docs/overview.html.

AUTHOR

   Iustin Pop <iustin@debian.org>
       Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright  2007 Iustin Pop

   This manual page was written for the Debian system (but may be used by
   others).

   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
   under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or (at
   your option) any later version published by the Free Software
   Foundation.

   On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
   can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.



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