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.Dd December 29, 1999
.Dt GASP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm gasp
.Nd The GNU Assembler Macro Preprocessor
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl adhMpsuv
.Op Fl c Ar char
.Op Fl o Ar outfile
.Op Fl D Ns Ar name=value
.Op Fl I Ns Ar path
.Op infile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is the GNU Assembler Macro Preprocessor.
The argument 
.Ar infile
is processed and the resulting text is sent to the standard output.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "-Dname=value"
.It Fl a
Enter enter alternate macro mode.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-alternate
.It Fl c Ar char
Change the comment character from `!'
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-commentchar\ char
.It Fl d
Print limited debugging information.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-debug
.It Fl h
Print the help message.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-help
.It Fl M
Enter MRI compatibility mode
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-mri
.It Fl o Ar outfile
Specify the output file.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-output\ outfile
.It Fl p
Print line numbers.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-print
.It Fl s
Copy source through as comments.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-copysource
.It Fl u
Allow unreasonable nesting.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-unreasonable
.It Fl v
Print the program version and exit.
Also specifiable as
.Op Fl \-version
.It Fl D Ns Ar name=value
Define the preprocessor symbol
.Ar name
to have the value specified by "value".
.It Fl I Ns Ar path
Add
.Ar path
to the include path list.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr cpp 1 ,
.Xr m4 1
.Rs
.%T The gasp GNU hypertext system info pages
.Re
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command is part of the GNU Binutils package.
.Sh AUTHORS
This man page was written by
.An David E. O'Brien .