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== NAME

idl2deb - Create a Debian package for CORBA monitoring from IDL

== SYNOPSIS

[manarg]
*idl2deb*
[ *-d* <opts> ]
[ *--dbopts*=<opts> ]
[ *-e* <address> ]
[ *--email*=<address> ]
[ *-h* ]
[ *--help* ]
[ *-i* <idlfile> ]
[ *--idl*=<idlfile> ]
[ *-n* <name> ]
[ *--name*=<name> ]
[ *-p* ]
[ *--preserve* ]
[ *-v* ]
[ *--version* ]

== DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the *idl2deb* command. *idl2deb*
takes an CORBA IDL file as input and creates a Debian package from it. The
package contains a loadable module for the Wireshark network analyzer.

== OPTIONS

-d <opts> --dbopts=<opts>::
+
--
options for dpkg-buildpackage.
--

-e <address> --email=<address>::
+
--
use e-mail address.
--

-h --help::
+
--
print help and exit.
--

-i <idlfile> --idl=<idlfile>::
+
--
IDL file to use (mandatory)
--

-n <name> --name=<name>::
+
--
use user name.
--

-p --preserve::
+
--
do not overwrite files.
--

-v --version::
+
--
print version and exit.
--

== EXAMPLES

/usr/bin/idl2deb -e me@foo.net -i bar.idl \-n "My Name" -d "-rfakeroot -uc -us"-d "-rfakeroot -uc -us"

== SEE ALSO

A lot of tools are used, which you have to *apt-get install*: wireshark-dev, python, cdbs, autotools-dev, debhelper, dpkg-dev.

== COPYING

This manual page was written by W. Borgert debacle@debian.org
for Debian GNU/Linux (but may be used by others). Permission is granted
to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the
GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by
the Free Software Foundation.

== AUTHOR

*W. Borgert* Author.

== COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2003, 2005 W. Borger
