General Usage

The syntax for using the preprocessor is: dcomment (input_name) (output_name) (-d name) (-v name value) (-u) (-l).

input_name

This is the name of the input file to be processed. This argument is optional. If the user fails to include the input_name on the command line, the user is prompted for the input_name by the program.

output_name

This is the name of the output file to be produced. This argument is also optional. If the user fails to include the output_name on the command line, the user id prompted for the output_name by the program.

-d name

This flag allows the user to define name from the command line. This flag is for defines without an associated with a value. See Section .

-v name value

This flag allows the user to define name to be equal to value from the command line. See Section .

-u

This flag will result in all output to be written in upper-case.

-l

This flag will result in all output to be written in lower-case.