.TH diameterc 1 "diameter 2.2.4" "Ericsson AB" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
diameterc \- diameterc [<options>] <file>
.SH DESCRIPTION
.LP
The diameterc utility is used to compile a diameter dictionary file into Erlang source\&. The resulting source implements the interface diameter required to encode and decode the dictionary\&'s messages and AVPs\&.
.LP
The module diameter_make(3) provides an alternate compilation interface\&.
.SH "USAGE"

.RS 2
.TP 2
.B
diameterc [<options>] <file>:
Compile a single dictionary file to Erlang source\&. Valid options are as follows\&.
.RS 2
.TP 2
.B
-i <dir>:
Prepend the specified directory to the code path\&. Use to point at beam files compiled from inherited dictionaries, \fI@inherits\fR\& in a dictionary file creating a beam dependency, not an erl/hrl dependency\&.
.RS 2
.LP
Multiple \fI-i\fR\& options can be specified\&.
.RE
.TP 2
.B
-o <dir>:
Write generated source to the specified directory\&. Defaults to the current working directory\&.
.TP 2
.B
-E:

.TP 2
.B
-H:
Suppress erl and hrl generation, respectively\&.
.TP 2
.B
--name <name>:

.TP 2
.B
--prefix <prefix>:
Transform the input dictionary before compilation, setting \fI@name\fR\& or \fI@prefix\fR\& to the specified string\&.
.TP 2
.B
--inherits <arg>:
Transform the input dictionary before compilation, appending \fI@inherits\fR\& of the specified string\&.
.RS 2
.LP
Two forms of \fI--inherits\fR\& have special meaning:
.RE
.LP
.nf

--inherits -
--inherits Prev/Mod

.fi
.RS 2
.LP
The first has the effect of clearing any previous inherits, the second of replacing a previous inherits of \fIPrev\fR\& to one of \fIMod\fR\&\&. This allows the semantics of the input dictionary to be changed without modifying the file itself\&.
.RE
.RS 2
.LP
Multiple \fI--inherits\fR\& options can be specified\&.
.RE
.RE
.RE
.SH "EXIT STATUS"

.LP
Returns 0 on success, non-zero on failure\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"

.LP
diameter_make(3), diameter_dict(4)