.TH MIB2C 1 "04 April 2002" VVERSIONINFO "Net-SNMP"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
mib2c -- produces template code from mib definitions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mib2c
[-h] -c CONFIGFILE [-f OUTNAME] MIBNODE
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B mib2c
merely takes a given OID and converts the MIB structures within it
into template C code which can then be compiled into the agent.  It is
.B not
necessarily expected that the code can be used without a real human
editing the code.  It is only a template.  (Now, having said that the
mib2c.create-dataset.conf file actually produces code which doesn't
necessarily need to be edited further, though it's likely you'll want
to anyway).
.PP
You
.B must
give mib2c a mib node (e.g., ifTable) not a mib file on the
command line.  (this is the most common mistake).
.PP
The default mib2c.conf file really does nothing but explain to the
caller that other mib2c.conf files should actually be used.   We can't
predict what type of tables you want to generate code for, so you must
select an appropriate mib2c.conf file to use.  Run "
.I "mib2c ifTable"
" for help, as it'll display and explain the currently available
mib2c.conf files you can use.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
.BI -h
Display a help message.
.TP
.BI -c " CONFIGFILE"
Use CONFIGFILE when generating code.  These files will be searched for
first in the current directory and then in the DATADIR directory
(which is where the default mib2c configuration files can be found).
.TP
.BI -f " OUTNAME"
Places the output code into OUTNAME.c and OUTNAME.h. Normally, mib2c
will place the output code into files which correspond to the table
names it is generating code for, which is probably what you want anyway.