selectively remove C preprocessor conditionals (original) (raw)

The unifdef utility selectively processes conditional C preprocessor #if and #ifdef directives. It removes from a file both the directives and the additional text that they delimit, while otherwise leaving the file alone.

It is useful for avoiding distractions when studying code that uses#ifdef heavily for portability: my original motivation was to understand xterm's pty handling code. It can be used as a lightweight preprocessor; for examplethe Linux kernel uses unifdef to strip out#ifdef __KERNEL__ sections from the headers it exports to userland. You can use unifdef with languages other than C; for example UIT, a publisher in Cambridge where I live, usesunifdef with LaTeX.

Please send bug reports and patches to me. Unless you state otherwise, I will assume that any contributions are under the two-clause BSD licence.

unifdef was written by Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>