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<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>SCONSIGN</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo class='source'>SCons 3.1.2</refmiscinfo>
<refmiscinfo class='manual'>SCons 3.1.2</refmiscinfo>
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<refnamediv id='name'>
<refname>sconsign</refname>
<refpurpose>print SCons signature file information</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv id='synopsis'>
<cmdsynopsis>
  <command>sconsign</command>
    <arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'><replaceable>options</replaceable></arg>
    <arg choice='opt' rep='repeat'><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>


<refsect1 id='description'><title>DESCRIPTION</title>
<para>The
<command>sconsign</command>
command
displays the contents of one or more signature
("<markup>sconsign</markup>")
files specified by the user.</para>

<para>By default,
<command>sconsign</command>
dumps the entire contents of the
specified file(s).
Without the verbose option,
each entry is printed in the following format:</para>

<literallayout class="monospaced">
file: signature timestamp length
        implicit_dependency_1: signature timestamp length
        implicit_dependency_2: signature timestamp length
        ...
        action_signature [action string]
</literallayout>

<para><emphasis role="bold">None</emphasis>
is printed
in place of any missing timestamp, build signature ("bsig"),
or content signature ("csig")
values for
any entry
or any of its dependencies.
If the entry has no implicit dependencies,
or no build action,
the lines are simply omitted.
The verbose option expands the display into a more human
readable format.
</para>

<para>By default,
<command>sconsign</command>
assumes that any
<emphasis>file</emphasis>
arguments that end with a
<markup>.dbm</markup>
suffix contains
signature entries for
more than one directory
(that is,
was specified by the
<emphasis role="bold">SConsignFile</emphasis>
function).
Any
<emphasis>file</emphasis>
argument that ends in
<markup>.dblite</markup>
is assumed to be a traditional
<markup>.sconsign</markup>
file containing the signature entries
for a single directory.
If neither of those is true,
<command>sconsign</command>
attempts to guess the format.
If that does not work,
an explicit format
may be specified using the
<option>-f</option>
or
<option>--format=</option>
options.
</para>
<para>
If there are no
<emphasis>file</emphasis>
arguments, the name
<filename>.sconsign.dblite</filename>
is assumed.
</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='options'><title>OPTIONS</title>
<para>Various options control what information is printed
and the format:</para>

<variablelist>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-a, --act, --action</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints the build action information
for all entries or the specified entries.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-c, --csig</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints the content signature (csig) information
for all entries or the specified entries.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-d DIRECTORY, --dir=DIRECTORY</term>
  <listitem>
<para>When the signatures are being
read from a
<markup>.dbm</markup>
file, or the
<option>-f dbm</option>
or
<option>--format=dbm</option>
options are used,
prints information about
only the signatures
for entries in the specified
<emphasis>DIRECTORY</emphasis>.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-e ENTRY, --entry=ENTRY</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints information about only the specified
<emphasis>ENTRY</emphasis>.
Multiple -e options may be used,
in which case information about each
<emphasis>ENTRY</emphasis>
is printed in the order in which the
options are specified on the command line.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-f FORMAT, --format=FORMAT</term>
  <listitem>
<para>The file(s) to be printed
are in the specified
<emphasis>FORMAT</emphasis>.
Legal values are
<emphasis role="bold">dbm</emphasis>
(the DBM format used
when the
<emphasis role="bold">SConsignFile</emphasis>
function is used)
or
<command>sconsign</command>
(the default format
used for an individual
<markup>.sconsign</markup>
file in each directory).</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-h, --help</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints a help message and exits.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-i, --implicit</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints the list of cached implicit dependencies
for all entries or for the specified entries.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>--raw</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints a pretty-printed representation
of the raw Python dictionary that holds
build information about individual entries
(both the entry itself and its implicit dependencies).
An entry's build action is still printed in its usual format.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-r, --readable</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints timestamps in a human-readable string,
enclosed in single quotes.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-t, --timestamp</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints the timestamp information
for all entries or the specified entries.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>-v, --verbose</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Prints labels identifying each field being printed.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='environment'><title>ENVIRONMENT</title>
<variablelist>
  <varlistentry>
  <term>SCONS_LIB_DIR</term>
  <listitem>
<para>Specifies the directory that contains the SCons Python module directory
(e.g.
<filename class='directory'>/home/aroach/scons-src-0.01/src/engine</filename>).
on the command line.</para>

  </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='see_also'><title>SEE ALSO</title>
<para><emphasis role="bold">scons</emphasis>,
<emphasis role="bold">scons</emphasis>
User Manual,
<emphasis role="bold">scons</emphasis>
Design Document,
<emphasis role="bold">scons</emphasis>
source code.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id='authors'><title>AUTHORS</title>
<para>Steven Knight &lt;knight at baldmt dot com&gt;</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>