This is release 2.4 of flex.  See "version.h" for the exact patch-level.See the file "NEWS" to find out what is new in this Flex release.Read the file "INSTALL" for general installation directives.  Peek nearthe beginning of the file "Makefile.in" for special DEFS values.  On mostsystems, you can just run the "configure" script and type "make" to buildflex; then "make check" to test whether it built correctly; and if it did,then "make install" to install it.If you're feeling adventurous, you can also issue "make bigcheck" (beprepared to wait a while).Note that flex is distributed under a copyright very similar to that ofBSD Unix, and not under the GNU General Public License (GPL), except forthe "configure" script, which is covered by the GPL.Many thanks to the 2.4 pre-testers for finding a bunch of bugs and helpingincrease/test portability: Francois Pinard, Nathan Zelle, Gavin Nicol,Chris Thewalt, and Matthew Jacob.Please send bug reports and feedback to:	Vern Paxson	ICSD, 46A/1123	Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory	1 Cyclotron Rd.	Berkeley, CA 94720	vern@ee.lbl.govThe flex distribution consists of the following files:	README		This message	NEWS		Differences between the various releases	INSTALL		General installation information	COPYING		flex's copyright	configure.in, configure, Makefile.in, install.sh, mkinstalldirs			elements of the "autoconf" auto-configuration process	flexdef.h, parse.y, scan.l, ccl.c, dfa.c, ecs.c, gen.c, main.c,	misc.c, nfa.c, sym.c, tblcmp.c, yylex.c	 			source files	version.h	version of this flex release	flex.skl	flex scanner skeleton	mkskel.sh	script for converting flex.skl to C source file skel.c	liballoc.c	libmain.c	flex library (-lfl) sources	libyywrap.c	initscan.c	pre-flex'd version of scan.l	FlexLexer.h	header file for C++ lexer class	flexdoc.1	full user documentation	flex.1		reference documentation	MISC/		a directory containing miscellaneous contributions.			See MISC/README for details.