lfs-book/appendixa/flex-shortdesc.xml

<sect2><title>Contents of Flex</title>

<para>(Last checked against version &flex-contversion;.)</para>

<para>The Flex package is used to generate programs which recognize
patterns in text.</para>

<para>Flex installs the following:</para>

<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
<para>flex, flex++ (link to flex) and lex</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>Library Files</title>
<para>libfl.a</para></sect3>

</sect2>