ocs(1)

📦 version 15.9, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 ocs(1) — the girlies' guide to cscope databases 💖

okay bestie, listen. this is the manual for ocs, a lil shell script from the General Commands Manual section of the manual pages. she's not complicated, she's just ✨doing her job✨ and honestly? we love her for it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

ocs — creates and maintains the database for cscope on a recursive directory set 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ocs [-x] [-f] [-q] [-u]

that's it. four flags. no notes. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this manual page is a brief little doc for ocs, which is a shell script wrapper — like, a cute lil assistant — that automates the creation and maintenance of a cscope(1) database across a recursive set of directories. no cap.

Under normal circumstances (i.e. you just run her, no drama), ocs generates a cscope database on a recursive group of directories starting from the current working directory, and then launches cscope(1) in interactive mode. so you get your index built and then boom, you're in. main character energy fr fr 🌟

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -x — Enable debugging. she'll tell you what she's doing. lowkey nosy of her but it's useful. 🔍
  • -f — Force. Do not ask about regenerating 'TMP' lists (those are the lists generated by ocs herself) — just do it, no questions, periodt. Also allows the regeneration of 'CSD' lists (the lists generated by cscope(1)). so basically: consent revoked, she's doing it anyway 💀
  • -q — Tell cscope to build a fast reverse index. the tradeoff? database disk space usage is doubled. but searching speed goes up. sacrifice for speed, the classic. 🔥
  • -u — Request that the database be updated or regenerated. a lil refresh, a lil glow-up. ✨

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • ./cscope.rc — if this is an executable shell script, it gets included in the body of ocs so it can override internal filenames and other options. so you can customise her. check the comments at the top of /usr/bin/ocs for more info. iykyk 📖

💀 BUGS 💀

None noted.

...yeah. nothing. she's flawless apparently. we love a bug-free queen 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

💜 AUTHORS 💜

This manpage was originally prepared by Nick Rusnov <nick@grawk.net> for the Debian Project. credit where credit is due, angel 🫶

heads up bestie: keep those 'TMP' and 'CSD' names exactly as they are, and remember -q doubles your disk usage. it's giving "worth it" but like, know what you're signing up for. 💅

and that's the whole vibe check — this page came to you from the Debian Project, dated June 2001, for ocs(1). mwah, go build that database babe 💖✨

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