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diff --git a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml index 79a3da3437..b35dc2f0a9 100644 --- a/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml +++ b/documentation/dev-manual/dev-manual-common-tasks.xml @@ -1294,10 +1294,16 @@ or <ulink url='&YOCTO_DOCS_REF_URL;#structure-memres-core-script'><filename>oe-init-build-env-memres</filename></ulink>). Here is the basic <filename>recipetool</filename> syntax: + <note> + Running <filename>recipetool -h</filename> or + <filename>recipetool create -h</filename> produces the + Python-generated help, which presented differently + than what follows here. + </note> <literallayout class='monospaced'> recipetool -h recipetool create [-h] - recipetool [-d] [-q] [--color auto | always | never ] create [-o <replaceable>OUTFILE</replaceable>] [-m] [-x <replaceable>EXTERNALSRC</replaceable>] <replaceable>source</replaceable> + recipetool [-d] [-q] [--color auto | always | never ] create -o <replaceable>OUTFILE</replaceable> [-m] [-x <replaceable>EXTERNALSRC</replaceable>] <replaceable>source</replaceable> -d Enables debug output. -q Outputs only errors (quiet mode). @@ -1320,9 +1326,9 @@ </para> <para> - Running <filename>recipetool</filename> creates the base - recipe and locates it properly in the layer that contains - your source files. + Running <filename>recipetool create -o</filename> <replaceable>OUTFILE</replaceable> + creates the base recipe and locates it properly in the + layer that contains your source files. Following are some syntax examples: </para> @@ -1331,20 +1337,14 @@ Once generated, the recipe resides in the existing source code layer: <literallayout class='monospaced'> - recipetool create <replaceable>source</replaceable> + recipetool create -o <replaceable>OUTFILE</replaceable> <replaceable>source</replaceable> </literallayout> Use this syntax to generate a recipe using code that you extract from <replaceable>source</replaceable>. The extracted code is placed in its own layer defined by <replaceable>EXTERNALSRC</replaceable>. <literallayout class='monospaced'> - recipetool create -x <replaceable>EXTERNALSRC</replaceable> <replaceable>source</replaceable> - </literallayout> - Use this syntax to generate a recipe and override the - tool's default placement of the recipe by specifying both - its location and name using <replaceable>OUTFILE</replaceable>. - <literallayout class='monospaced'> - recipetool create -o <replaceable>OUTFILE</replaceable> <replaceable>source</replaceable> + recipetool create -o <replaceable>OUTFILE</replaceable> -x <replaceable>EXTERNALSRC</replaceable> <replaceable>source</replaceable> </literallayout> Use this syntax to generate a recipe based on <replaceable>source</replaceable>. The options direct <filename>recipetool</filename> to |