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| author | levine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 1996-10-21 21:41:34 +0000 |
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| committer | levine <levine@ae88bc3d-4319-0410-8dbf-d08b4c9d3795> | 1996-10-21 21:41:34 +0000 |
| commit | a5fdebc5f6375078ec1763850a4ca23ec7fe6458 (patch) | |
| tree | bcf0a25c3d45a209a6e3ac37b233a4812f29c732 /apps/gperf/gperf.1 | |
| download | ATCD-a5fdebc5f6375078ec1763850a4ca23ec7fe6458.tar.gz | |
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diff --git a/apps/gperf/gperf.1 b/apps/gperf/gperf.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..5673c80062a --- /dev/null +++ b/apps/gperf/gperf.1 @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +.TH GPERF 1 "December 16, 1988 +.UC 4 +.SH NAME +gperf \- generate a perfect hash function from a key set +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B gperf +[ +.B \-adghijklnoprsStv +] [ +.I keyfile +] +.SH DESCRIPTION + +\fIgperf\fP reads a set of ``keys'' from \fIkeyfile\fP (or, by +default, from the standard input) and attempts to find a non-minimal +perfect hashing function that recognizes a member of the key set in +constant, i.e., O(1), time. If such a function is found the program +generates a pair of \fIC\fP source code routines that perform the +hashing and table lookup. All generated code is directed to the +standard output. + +Please refer to the \fIgperf.texinfo\fP file for more information. +This file is distributed with \fIgperf\fP release. |