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<H2><A NAME="5_1">The Basics</A></H2>
<P>The <TT>mxmldoc</TT> utility scans C and C++ source and header files
and produces an XML file describing the library interface and an XHTML
file providing a human-readable reference to the code. Each source and
header file must conform to some simple code commenting conventions so
that <TT>mxmldoc</TT> can extract the necessary descriptive text.</P>
<P>The <TT>mxmldoc</TT> command requires the name of an XML file to
store the code information; this file is created and updated as
necessary. The XML file is optionally followed by a list of source
files to scan. After scanning any source files on the command-line, <TT>
mxmldoc</TT> writes XHTML documentation to the standard output, which
can be redirected to the file using the <KBD>&gt;filename</KBD> syntax:</P>
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<KBD>mxmldoc myfile.xml &gt;myfile.html ENTER</KBD>
<KBD>mxmldoc myfile.xml file1.c file2.cxx file3.h &gt;myfile.html ENTER</KBD>
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<P>If no source files are provided on the command-line, the current
contents of the XML file are converted to XHTML.</P>
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