cm3 command line options

Here are options that are available from the command line:

• modes: (default: -build)

        -build         compile and link
        -ship          install package
        -clean         delete derived files
        -find          locate source files
        -depend        output package dependencies
  

• compile options: (default: -g -w1)

        -g             produce symbol table information for debugger
        -O             optimize code
        -A             disable code generation for assertions
        -once          don't recompile to improve opaque object code
        -w0 .. -w3     limit compiler warning messages
        -Z             generate coverage analysis code
        -profile       generate profiling code
        -lazy          generate lazy module initialization code
                       (main module and imports only) This is the default.
        -linkall       generate module initialization code for all modules,
                       even those that are not imported directly or indirectly
                       by Main. This is currently experimental and does not
                       always work as expected.
  

• program and library options: (default: -o prog)

        -c             compile only, produce no program or library
        -a foo         build library foo
        -o foo         build program foo
        -skiplink      skip the final link step
  

• messages: (default: -why)

        -silent        produce no diagnostic output
        -why           explain why code is being recompiled
        -commands      list system commands as they are performed
        -verbose       list internal steps as they are performed
        -debug         dump internal debugging information
  

• information and help:

        -help          print this help message
        -?             print this help message
        -version       print the version number header
        -config        print the version number header
  

• misc:

        -keep          preserve intermediate and temporary files
        -times         produce a dump of elapsed times
        -override      include the ".m3overrides" file
        -x             include the ".m3overrides" file
        -Dsymbol       define symbol with the value TRUE
        -Dsym=val      define sym with the value val
        -F fn        prepend the quake code of file fn
        -FP fn        "
        -prepend fn   "
        -FA fn       append the quake code of file fn
        -append fn    "
        -console       produce a Windows CONSOLE subsystem program
        -gui           produce a Windows GUI subsystem program
        -windows       produce a Windows GUI subsystem program
        -pretend val   pretend to run as CM3_Version val
  

Option listing source: "cm3 -?"
Critical Mass Modula-3 version 5.2.3 last updated: 2003-03-09

See also the Introductory Tutorial for more information.