2 This file outlines the purpose and usage of the
3 makefeatregconfig.pl and checkfeatregconfig.pl scripts.
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8 These scripts are used to generate and validate a binary configuration data file
9 which drives the featreg api.
14 - Creates a binary configuration file called featreg.cfg in the current directory.
16 checkfeatregconfig.pl <configuration file>
17 - Validates the specified configuration file and prints the contents to stdout. If the file is invalid, reasons are printed to stdout.
19 - The testconfigfiles directory contains two example configuration files which can be used to test checkfeatregconfig.pl.
20 validfeatreg.cfg is a valid binary configuration file containing 3 feature entries and 2 default ranges.
21 invalidfeatreg.cfg is an invalid binary configuration file as it is larger than the limit of 65535 bytes.