.Dd September, 2002
.Dt REPC 1
.Os Rep 2.3
.Sh NAME
.Nm repc
.Nd compiler for the 
.Xr rep 1
scripting language
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl rp
.Op Fl z Ar buffsize
.Ar script
.Ar outfile
.Nm 
.Fl d
.Ar script
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The 
.Nm
command compiles 
.Xr rep 1
scripts into an byte code format. This speeds up execution as compilation is not
required at run time. Also useful when using the 
.Xr rlib 3
library.
.Pp
.Ar script 
is compiled into 
.Ar output .
The 
.Fl z
and 
.Fl p
options are stored with the compiled script, and will be used as defaults when the 
script is executed.
.Sh OPTIONS
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Fl
.It Fl d
Dump dissassembled byte code.
.It Fl p
Default to parse mode. When the script is executed only replaments 
will be written out, rather than unreplaced text.
.It Fl r
Compile into raw byte code format. For use with the 
.Xr rlib 3
library. Any options are not stored with the code.
.Xr rep 3
cannot read this format.
.It Fl z
Set the default buffer size to 
.Ar buffsize 
and store it along with the compiled script. See
.Xr rep 1
for a description of the buffer size.
.Sh NOTE
The
.Nm 
command uses 
.Xr getopt 3
to parse it's arguments, which allows it to accept 
the 
.Sq Li --
option which will stop processing of flag options at that point. This allows
the processing of files with names that begin with a dash
.Pq Sq - .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rep 1 ,
.Xr rlib 3 ,
.Xr pcre 3
.Sh AUTHOR
.An Nate Nielsen Aq nielsen@memberwebs.com