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.TH ECPG UNIX 2/11/98 PostgreSQL PostgreSQL
.SH NAME
ecpg - embedded SQL preprocessor for C
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR ecpg
[\c
.BR "-v"
]
[\c
.BR "-d"
]
[\c
.BR "-o"
outfile
]
file1
[file2]
[...]
.in -5n
.SH DESCRIPTION
ecpg an embedded SQL in C package for PostgreSQL. It enables you to
develop C programs with embedded SQL code.
.PP
.IR "ecpg"
understands the following command-line options:
.TP
.BR "-v"
Print version information.
.TP
.BR "-d"
Turn on debugging.
.TP
.BR "-o" " outfile"
Specifies that
.IR "ecpg"
should write all its output to 
.IR "outfile". If no such option is given the output is written to foo.c
if the input file was name foo.pgc or to foo.bar.c if the input file was
foo.bar.
.TP
.BR "file1, file2, ..."
The files to be processed.
.SH "BUGS"
The return code is alway -1 in case of an error. You cannot see which error
occured by examining the return code.
.SH "RETURN VALUE"
.IR ecpg
returns 0 to the shell on successful completion, -1 for errors,
.SH "SEE ALSO"
cc(1).