<HTML> <HEAD> <!-- This HTML file has been created by texi2html 1.51 from gperf.texi on 26 September 2000 --> <TITLE>Perfect Hash Function Generator - Table of Contents</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>User's Guide to <CODE>gperf</CODE> 2.7.2</H1> <H2>The GNU Perfect Hash Function Generator</H2> <H2>Edition 2.7.2, 26 September 2000</H2> <ADDRESS>Douglas C. Schmidt</ADDRESS> <P> <P><HR><P> <UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC1" HREF="gperf_1.html#SEC1">GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC2" HREF="gperf_1.html#SEC2">Preamble</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC3" HREF="gperf_1.html#SEC3">How to Apply These Terms to Your New Programs</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC4" HREF="gperf_2.html#SEC4">Contributors to GNU <CODE>gperf</CODE> Utility</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC5" HREF="gperf_3.html#SEC5">1 Introduction</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC6" HREF="gperf_4.html#SEC6">2 Static search structures and GNU <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <LI><A NAME="TOC7" HREF="gperf_5.html#SEC7">3 High-Level Description of GNU <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC8" HREF="gperf_5.html#SEC8">3.1 Input Format to <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC9" HREF="gperf_5.html#SEC9">3.1.1 <CODE>struct</CODE> Declarations and C Code Inclusion</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC10" HREF="gperf_5.html#SEC10">3.1.2 Format for Keyword Entries</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC11" HREF="gperf_5.html#SEC11">3.1.3 Including Additional C Functions</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC12" HREF="gperf_5.html#SEC12">3.2 Output Format for Generated C Code with <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <LI><A NAME="TOC13" HREF="gperf_5.html#SEC13">3.3 Use of NUL characters</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC14" HREF="gperf_6.html#SEC14">4 Invoking <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC15" HREF="gperf_6.html#SEC15">4.1 Options that affect Interpretation of the Input File</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC16" HREF="gperf_6.html#SEC16">4.2 Options to specify the Language for the Output Code</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC17" HREF="gperf_6.html#SEC17">4.3 Options for fine tuning Details in the Output Code</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC18" HREF="gperf_6.html#SEC18">4.4 Options for changing the Algorithms employed by <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <LI><A NAME="TOC19" HREF="gperf_6.html#SEC19">4.5 Informative Output</A> </UL> <LI><A NAME="TOC20" HREF="gperf_7.html#SEC20">5 Known Bugs and Limitations with <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <LI><A NAME="TOC21" HREF="gperf_8.html#SEC21">6 Things Still Left to Do</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC22" HREF="gperf_9.html#SEC22">7 Implementation Details of GNU <CODE>gperf</CODE></A> <LI><A NAME="TOC23" HREF="gperf_10.html#SEC23">8 Bibliography</A> <LI><A NAME="TOC24" HREF="gperf_11.html#SEC24">Concept Index</A> </UL> <P><HR><P> This document was generated on 26 September 2000 using the <A HREF="http://wwwcn.cern.ch/dci/texi2html/">texi2html</A> translator version 1.51.</P> </BODY> </HTML>