-a Generate ANSI standard C output code, i.e., function prototypes. -b Generate code for Linear Search. -B Generate code for Binary Search. -c Generate comparison code using strncmp rather than strcmp. -C Make the contents of generated lookup tables constant, i.e., readonly. -d Enables the debugging option (produces verbose output to the standard error). -D Handle keywords that hash to duplicate values. This is useful for certain highly redundant keyword sets. -e Allow user to provide a string containing delimiters used to separate keywords from their attributes. Default is ",\n" -E Define constant values using an enum local to the lookup function rather than with defines -f Generate the gen-perf.hash function ``fast.'' This decreases GPERF's running time at the cost of minimizing generated table-size. The numeric argument represents the number of times to iterate when resolving a collision. `0' means ``iterate by the number of keywords.'' -F Provided expression will be used to assign default values in keyword table, i.e., the fill value. Default is "". -g Make generated routines use ``inline'' to remove function overhead. -G Generate the static table of keywords as a static global variable, rather than hiding it inside of the lookup function (which is the default behavior). -h Prints this message. -H Allow user to specify name of generated hash function. Default is `hash'. -i Provide an initial value for the associate values array. Default is 0. -I Generate comparison code using case insensitive string comparison, e.g., strncasecmp or strcasecmp. Setting this value larger helps inflate the size of the final table. -j Affects the ``jump value,'' i.e., how far to advance the associated character value upon collisions. Must be an odd number, default is 5. -J Skips '#include ' part in the output. -k Allows selection of the key positions used in the hash function. The allowable choices range between 1-126, inclusive. The positions are separated by commas, ranges may be used, and key positions may occur in any order. Also, the meta-character '*' causes the generated hash function to consider ALL key positions, and $ indicates the ``final character'' of a key, e.g., $,1,2,4,6-10. -K Allow use to select name of the keyword component in the keyword structure. -l Compare key lengths before trying a string comparison. This helps cut down on the number of string comparisons made during the lookup. -L Generates code in the language specified by the option's argument. Languages handled are currently C++ and C. The default is C. -m Avoids the warning about identical hash values. This is valid only if the -D option is enabled. -M Skips class definition in the output. This is valid only in C++ mode. -n Do not include the length of the keyword when computing the hash function. -N Allow user to specify name of generated lookup function. Default name is `in_word_set.' -o Reorders input keys by frequency of occurrence of the key sets. This should decrease the search time dramatically. -O Optimize the generated lookup function by assuming that all input keywords are members of the keyset from the keyfile. -p Changes the return value of the generated function ``in_word_set'' from its default boolean value (i.e., 0 or 1), to type ``pointer to wordlist array'' This is most useful when the -t option, allowing user-defined structs, is used. -r Utilizes randomness to initialize the associated values table. -s Affects the size of the generated hash table. The numeric argument for this option indicates ``how many times larger or smaller'' the associated value range should be, in relationship to the number of keys, e.g. a value of 3 means ``allow the maximum associated value to be about 3 times larger than the number of input keys.'' Conversely, a value of -3 means ``make the maximum associated value about 3 times smaller than the number of input keys. A larger table should decrease the time required for an unsuccessful search, at the expense of extra table space. Default value is 1. -S Causes the generated C code to use a switch statement scheme, rather than an array lookup table. This can lead to a reduction in both time and space requirements for some keyfiles. The argument to this option determines how many switch statements are generated. A value of 1 generates 1 switch containing all the elements, a value of 2 generates 2 tables with 1/2 the elements in each table, etc. This is useful since many C compilers cannot correctly generate code for large switch statements. -t Allows the user to include a structured type declaration for generated code. Any text before %% is consider part of the type declaration. Key words and additional fields may follow this, one group of fields per line. -T Prevents the transfer of the type declaration to the output file. Use this option if the type is already defined elsewhere. -v Prints out the current version number and exits with a value of 0 -V Exits silently with a value of 0. -Z Allow user to specify name of generated C++ class. Default name is `Perfect_Hash.' Usage: ../src/gperf [-abBcCdDef[num]gGhHiIjJkKlLmMnNoOprsStTvVZ]. (type ../src/gperf -h for help)