foo - frobnicate the bar library
foo [-bar] [``-c config-file` ] file ...
foo frobnicates the bar library by tweaking internal symbol tables. By default it parses all baz segments and rearranges them in reverse order by time for the xyzzy linker to find them. The symdef entry is then compressed using the WBG (Whiz-Bang-Gizmo) algorithm. All files are processed in the order specified.
-b
Do not write busy to stdout while processing.
-c config-file
Use the alternate system-wide config-file instead of etc/foo.conf. This overrides any FOOCONF environment variable.
-a
In addition to the baz segments, also parse the blurfl headers.
-r
Recursive mode. Operates as fast as lightning at the expense of a megabyte of virtual memory.
/etc/foo.conf
The system wide configuration file.
~/.foorc
Per user configuration file.
FOOCONF
If non-null the full pathname for an alternate system-wide foo.conf. Overridden by the -c option.
The following diagnostics may be issued on stderr:
Bad magic number.
The input file does not look like an archive file.
Old style baz segments.
foo can only handle new style baz segments. COBOL object libraries are not supported in this version.
- The command name should have been chosen more carefully to reflect its purpose.
bar, foo, xyzzy