---
name: "ooef"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "oo2c"
version: "1.5.9-3"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ooef"
---

# ooef(1)

OOC error filter

## NAME

ooef - OOC error filter

## SYNOPSIS

**oo2c** *...* \| **ooef** \[*options*\]\
 **ooef** \[*options*\] *\<module\>* *\<pos\>*

## DESCRIPTION

The filter program  **ooef** can be used to transform error messages, as emitted by **oo2c**, into a more convenient format.  If no module name is given, **ooef** reads the output of  **oo2c** from  *stdin*, and writes a modified version to  *stdout*. Error messages are rewritten, and the rest of the input is echoed.

If a module name and a file position are passed as arguments, appropriate output is generated to designate the given position in the module's source text.

## OPTIONS

- **--context, -c**

  Write an extract of the source text and insert additional lines to point to the error position.  This is the default setting.  Lines are numbered starting at 1.

- **--line, -l**

  Rewrite error message to *file:line:error*. This will only give an approximation of the exact error position.  The first line has the index 1.

- **--linecol, -L**

  Rewrite error message to *file:line,column:error*. The first line has the number 1, likewise the first column.

- **--config \<file\>**

  Use given file name for the primary initialization file.  An empty name disables parsing of the default initialization file.

- **--include-config \<file\>**

  Include the given initialization file in addition to the default initialization file.

- **--version**

  Write compiler version and exit.

- **--help, -h**

  Write short usage summary and exit.

## ENVIRONMENT

*OOC\_HOME* holds the name of the primary initialization file.

## SEE ALSO

[oo2c(1)](/oo2c/1.md), OOC Reference Manual

## AUTHOR

Michael van Acken \<acken@informatik.uni-kl.de\>