NAME

asntool - process ASN.1 module specifications

SYNOPSIS

asntool [-] [-B filename] [-D N] [-F N] [-G] [-I str] [-J type] [-K str] [-L str] [-M filename,...] [-N N] [-P str] [-Q] [-S filename] [-T filename] [-U N] [-V] [-X filename] [-Z] [-b N] [-d filename] [-e filename] [-f filename] [-l filename] -m filename [-o filename] [-p filename] [-t str] [-v filename] [-w N] [-x filename]

DESCRIPTION

asntool reads, validates, and displays ASN.1 module specifications.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-: Print usage message
-B filename: Generate objects and code in files named filename.*
-D N: Debugging level for code generation:

0: No debugging (default)
1: Shallow debugging
2: Deep debugging
3-9: Same as 2

-F N: Fix non-printing characters:

0: Replace with #, post ERROR (default)
1: Replace with # silently
2: Pass through silently
3: Replace with #, post FATAL

-G: Generate object loader .c and .h files
-I str: Put "#include str" in generated .c file
-J type: Register type type with object manager
-K str: In generated .c, force name of #included asn header to str
-L str: Label registered type as str
-M filename,...: Search the ASN.1 modules in filename,... for external references
-N N: UTF8 input conversion:

0: Convert silently (default)
1: Convert, post WARNING first time
2: Convert, post WARNING each time
3: Do not convert

-P str: XML module prefix for DOCTYPE
-Q: Use quoted syntax form for generated include files
-S filename: Send debugging output to filename rather than stderr
-T filename: Dump ASN.1 tree to filename
-U N: UTF8 output conversion:

0: Convert silently (default)
1: Convert, post WARNING first time
2: Convert, post WARNING each time
3: Do not convert

-V: Force CHOICE objects to use custom structures rather than ValNodePtrs, for compatibility with some old hand-coded object loaders.
-X filename: Write XML DTD to filename. If filename is "m", print each module to a separate file.
-Z: Bit twiddle for optional zero value base slots
-b N: Use N-byte buffers (default = 1024; anything between 512 and 10000 is legal)
-d filename: Read binary values from filename (requires -t)
-e filename: Write binary values to filename
-f filename: Write ASN.1 module to filename
-l filename: Write ASN.1 loader to filename
-m filename: Read ASN.1 module from filename
-o filename: Write header to filename
-p filename: Write print values to filename
-t str: Expect binary values to have type str
-v filename: Read print values from filename
-w N: Limit values in #defines to N bits (default = 31; anything between 31 and 128 is legal)
-x filename: Write XML data to filename

AUTHOR

The National Center for Biotechnology Information.