AUTOM4TE(1) AUTOM4TE(1) (NAME) autom4te - M4 (SYNOPSIS) autom4te []... [] (DESCRIPTION) GNU M4 FILES . FILES . FILES 'FILE.m4f' M4 ( ). 'FILE.m4f' 'FILE.m4' . include '.m4?' . : -h, --help -V, --version -v, --verbose -d, --debug -o, --output=FILE FILE ( '-' ) -f, --force -W, --warnings=CATEGORY CATEGORY ( ) -l, --language=LANG M4 -C, --cache=DIRECTORY DIRECTORY --no-cache -m, --mode=OCTAL (0666) -M, --melt M4 : 'Autoconf' Autoconf 'Autotest' Autotest 'M4sh' M4sh 'M4sugar' M4sugar : cross (cross compilation) gnu ( gnu gnits) obsolete () override Automake portability ( gnu gnits) portability-recursive Make ( -Wportability) extra-portability syntax () unsupported () -W : all none no-CATEGORY CATEGORY error 'M4' 'WARNINGS' . : -B, --prepend-include=DIR DIR -I, --include=DIR DIR (Tracing): -t, --trace=MACRO[:FORMAT] MACRO -p, --preselect=MACRO MACRO (Freezing): -F, --freeze M4 FILES FORMAT '$f:$l:$n:$%' : $$ $ $f $l $d $n $NUM NUM $SEP@ SEP $SEP* SEP $SEP% SEP SEP ( @ * %) {STRING} . (AUTHOR) Akim Demaille. (REPORTING BUGS) : . (COPYRIGHT) (C) 2026 (Free Software Foundation, Inc). GPLv3+/Autoconf: GPL , : . . (SEE ALSO) autoconf(1), automake(1), autoreconf(1), autoupdate(1), autoheader(1), autoscan(1), config.guess(1), config.sub(1), ifnames(1), libtool(1). Autoconf Texinfo . : info autoconf : . GNU Autoconf 2.73 2026 AUTOM4TE(1)