--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#***************************************************************************
+# _ _ ____ _
+# Project ___| | | | _ \| |
+# / __| | | | |_) | |
+# | (__| |_| | _ <| |___
+# \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+#
+# Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+#
+# This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+# you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+# are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html.
+#
+# You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+#
+# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+#
+###########################################################################
+
+my @files = @ARGV;
+my $cfile = "test.c";
+
+if($files[0] eq "-h") {
+ print "Usage: verify-synopsis [man pages]\n";
+ exit;
+}
+
+sub testcompile {
+ my $rc = system("gcc -c test.c -DCURL_DISABLE_TYPECHECK -DCURL_ALLOW_OLD_MULTI_SOCKET -I include") >> 8;
+ return $rc;
+}
+
+
+sub extract {
+ my($f) = @_;
+ my $syn = 0;
+ my $l = 0;
+ my $iline = 0;
+ open(F, "<$f");
+ open(O, ">$cfile");
+ while(<F>) {
+ $iline++;
+ if(/^.SH SYNOPSIS/) {
+ $syn = 1
+ }
+ elsif($syn == 1) {
+ if(/^.nf/) {
+ $syn++;
+ print O "#line $iline \"$f\"\n";
+ }
+ }
+ elsif($syn == 2) {
+ if(/^.fi/) {
+ last;
+ }
+ # turn the vararg argument into vararg
+ $_ =~ s/, parameter\)\;/, ...);/;
+ print O $_;
+ $l++;
+ }
+ }
+ close(F);
+ close(O);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+my $error;
+for my $m (@files) {
+ print "Verify $m\n";
+ extract($m);
+ $error |= testcompile($m);
+}
+exit $error;
+
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+# Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+
+name: SYNOPSIS
+
+on:
+ push:
+ branches:
+ - master
+ - '*/ci'
+ paths:
+ - 'docs/libcurl/curl_*.3'
+ pull_request:
+ branches:
+ - master
+ paths:
+ - 'docs/libcurl/curl_*.3'
+
+jobs:
+ verify:
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ steps:
+ - name: Checkout
+ uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+ - name: verify-synopsis
+ run: ./.github/scripts/verify-synopsis.pl docs/libcurl/curl*.3