---
name: "pfni"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "adacontrol"
version: "1.21r6b-7"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pfni"
---

# pfni(1)

Print Full Name Image of an Ada entity

## NAME

pfni - Print Full Name Image of an Ada entity

## SYNOPSIS

**pfni** \[**-sofd**\] \[**-p** *project*\] *unit*\[**:***line*\[**:***column*\]\] \[**--** *ASIS options*\]

**pfni -h**

## DESCRIPTION

**pfni** is a companion program to [**adactl**(1)](/adactl/1.md).  It prints the full expanded name of entities declared or referenced by a specified Ada compilation unit.  This makes it easier to designate the entities when writing new rules for AdaControl.

Commercial support is available for AdaControl, see file */usr/share/doc/adacontrol/support.txt*. If you plan to use AdaControl for industrial projects, or if you want it to be customized or extended to match your own needs, please contact Adalog at **info@adalog.fr**.

## OPTIONS

- **-d**

  Enable debug mode.

- **-f**

  Full output: display all entities declared and referenced by *unit*.  The default is to only display entities declared in *unit*.

- **-h**

  Prints a general help message.

- **-o**

  Also print overloading information.  If you are calling a subprogram that has several overloadings and you are not sure which one is called, use **pfni** with the **-o** option on that line: the program will tell you the full name and profile of the called subprogram.

- **-p** *project*

  Use the specified Emacs ada-mode (\*.adp) project file.

- **-s**

  Process the specification of *unit*; the default is to process the body.

- *line*

  Only display entities declared on that line number.

- *line:column*

  Only display the entity at that line and column numbers, if any.

## AUTHOR

AdaControl was developed by Adalog ⟨URL: http://www.adalog.fr ⟩ under contract with Eurocontrol ⟨URL: http://www.eurocontrol.int ⟩. The copyright is jointly owned by Adalog and Eurocontrol.

This manual page was written by Ludovic Brenta \<lbrenta@debian.org\> for the Debian project, but it can be used for other purposes as well.

## SEE ALSO

[adactl(1)](/adactl/1.md)

AdaControl User's Guide, available in Info, PDF, and HTML in */usr/share/doc/adacontrol*.

AdaControl Programmer's Guide, available in Info, PDF, and HTML in */usr/share/doc/adacontrol*.