sane\-config

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Updated: 10 Jul 2008
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NAME

sane-config - get information about the installed version of libsane

SYNOPSIS

sane-config [--prefix] [--exec-prefix] [--libs] [--cflags] [--ldflags] [--version] [--help [OPTION]]

DESCRIPTION

sane-config is a tool that is used to determine the compiler and linker flags that should be used to compile and link SANE frontends to a SANE backend library (libsane).

OPTIONS

sane-config accepts the following options (you can't use more than one option at the same time):

--version: Print the currently installed version of libsane on the standard output.
--help OPTION: Print a short usage message. If OPTION is specified, help for that option (e.g. --libs) is printed (if available).
--libs: Print the additional libraries that are necessary to link a SANE frontend to libsane.
--ldflags: Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a SANE frontend to libsane.
--cflags: Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a SANE frontend.
--prefix: Print the prefix used during compilation of libsane.
--exec-prefix: Print the exec-prefix used during compilation of libsane.

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