protoc - compile protocol buffer description files

Author

IustinPop <iustin@debian.org>
           Wrote this manpage for the Debian system.

Bugs

       The program currently exits with code 255 for all errors, which makes it hard to differentiante from
       scripts the actual error.

       The upstreams BTS can be found at http://code.google.com/p/protobuf/issues/list.

Copyright

       Copyright © 2007 Iustin Pop

       This manual page was written for the Debian system (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 (at your option) any later version published by the Free Software
       Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

protobuf 2.0.2                                     2008-10-04                                          PROTOC(1)

Description

protoc is a compiler for protocol buffers definitions files. It can can generate C++, Java and Python
       source code for the classes defined in PROTO_FILE.

Name

       protoc - compile protocol buffer description files

Options

-IPATH, --proto_path=PATH
           Specify the directory in which to search for imports. May be specified multiple times; directories
           will be searched in order. If not given, the current working directory is used.

       --cpp_out=OUT_DIR
           Enable generation of C++ bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.

       --java_out=OUT_DIR
           Enable generation of Java bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.

       --python_out=OUT_DIR
           Enable generation of Python bindings and store them in OUT_DIR.

       -h, --help
           Show summary of options.

       --version
           Show version of program.

       Note that at least one of the --cpp_out, --java_out and --python_out options must be given (otherwise the
       program has nothing to do). It's also possible to specify more than one.

Synopsis

protoc [--cpp_out=OUT_DIR] [--java_out=OUT_DIR] [--python_out=OUT_DIR] [-IPATH | --proto_path=PATH]
              PROTO_FILEprotoc {-h | --help}

       protoc--version