.TH MOSMLYAC 1 "18 September 2001" "Version 2.0"
.SH NAME
mosmlyac \- Moscow ML parser generator
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mosmlyac [\fIOPTION\fR]... \fIFILE\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Given a context-free grammar specification with attached semantic
actions, 
.B mosmlyac
produces a parser, in the style of \fByacc\fR.
.PP
If \fiFILE\fR is \fBgrammar.grm\fR containing a grammar specification
then
.B mosmlyac
\fBgrammar.grm\fR
produces a file \fBgrammar.sml\fR containing a Moscow ML unit with
code for a parser and a file \fBgrammar.sig\fR containing its
interface.
.PP
This manual page documents the options accepted by 
.B mosmlyac.
For more information consult the online manuals.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-v\fR
Generate a description of the parsing tables and a report on
conflicts resulting from ambiguities in the grammar.  The
description is put in file \fBgrammar.output\fR (when
\fIFILE\fR is \fBgrammar.grm\fR).
.TP
\fB\-v\fR \fIprefix\fR
Name the output files \fBprefix.sml\fR, \fBprefix.sig\fR, 
\fBprefix.output\fR, instead of using the default naming convention.
.SH AUTHOR
Compiled by Henning Niss from the various Moscow ML documents 
written by Sergei Romanenko, Claudio Russo, and Peter Sestoft.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR mosml (1),
.BR mosmlc (1),
.BR mosmllex (1)
.PP
The full documentation for
.B mosmlyac
and the other Moscow ML tools can be found in the online manuals in 
\fB/usr/share/doc/mosml/manual.pdf.gz\fR
(`Moscow ML Owner's Manual') and
\fB/usr/share/doc/mosml/mosmllib.pdf.gz\fR
(`Moscow ML Library Documentation').