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Module

tags - Generate Emacs TAGS file from Erlang source files.

Description

A TAGS file is used by Emacs to find function and variable definitions in any source file in a big project. This module can generate a TAGS file from Erlang source files. It recognises functions, records, and defines.

Exports

root([Options]): Create a TAGS file covering all files in the Erlang distribution.
file(File [, Options]): Create a TAGS file for the file 'File'.
files(FileList [, Options]): Create a TAGS file for the files in the list 'FileList'.
dir(Dir [, Options]): Create a TAGS file for all files in directory 'Dir'.
dirs(DirList [, Options]): Create a TAGS file for all files in any directory in 'DirList'.
subdir(Dir [, Options]): Descend recursively down the directory 'Dir' and create a TAGS file based on all files found.
subdirs(DirList [, Options]): Descend recursively down all the directories in 'DirList' and create a TAGS file based on all files found.

Options

The functions above have an optional argument, Options. It is a list which can contain the following elements:

{outfile, NameOfTAGSFile}: Create a TAGS file named 'NameOfTAGSFile'.
{outdir, NameOfDirectory}: Create a file named TAGS in the directory 'NameOfDirectory'.

The default behaviour is to create a file named "TAGS" in the current directory.

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