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debugedit(1)

debug source path manipulation tool

NAME

debugedit - debug source path manipulation tool

SYNOPSIS

debugedit [OPTION...] FILE

DESCRIPTION

-b, --base-dir=STRING

base build directory of objects

-d, --dest-dir=STRING

directory to rewrite base-dir into

-l, --list-file=STRING

file where to put list of source and header file names

-i, --build-id

recompute build ID note and print ID on stdout

-s, --build-id-seed=STRING

if recomputing the build ID note use this string as hash seed

-n, --no-recompute-build-id

do not recompute build ID note even when -i or -s are given

-p, --preserve-dates

Preserve modified/access timestamps

Help options:

-?, --help

Show this help message

-u, --usage

Display brief usage message

-V, --version

Show debugedit version

History

--preserve-dates since Arch Linux 2026-11-01; -p since Arch Linux 2026-11-01.