## Name

bp — build Poliqarp binary corpus

## Synopsis

`bp` { `-h` | `--help` | `-v` | `--version` }

`bp` [`option`...] `base-name` [`root-dir`...]

## Description

bp builds a binary corpus in the Poliqarp format from XCES source.

## Options

`-h`, `--help`

  Display help and exit.

`-v`, `--version`

  Output version information and exit.

`-H`, `--parser-stats`

  Show parser statistics.

`-e`, `--header-name=`name``

  Add `name` as alternative name for header files.

`-m`, `--morph-name=`name``

  Add `name` as alternative name for morph files.

`-n`, `--no-default-names`

  Don't allow default names for morph/header files (respectively `morph.xml` and `header.xml`).

`-i`, `--incremental`

  Perform incremental build.

## Binary format version

As of bp 1.3.1, the only supported binary format version is 2.

## Bugs

``base-name`` cannot contain any path separators.

Big-endian machines are not supported.

## See also

bpng(1), the new corpus converter; bpindexer(1)