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NAME

cc - invoke the C or C++ compiler

SYNOPSIS

cc [ options ] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

cc invokes an underlying C or C++ compiler and/or linker for building UWIN and/or native libraries and applications. The underlying compiler can be the Microsoft Visual C/C++ compiler, the Digital Mars C/C++ compiler, the Mingw Gnu compiler, or the Borland C/C++ builder compiler. To choose the Digital Mars compiler or the Borland compiler, the PACKAGE_cc environment variable must be set to the top-level directory where the compiler is installed. Except when invoked as ncc or pcc, the header file <astwin32.h> is automatically included and the preprocessor symbol _UWIN is defined. The compiler can be invoked as one of the following:
cc
Invoke the underlying C/C++ compiler and/or linker as C.
CC
Invoke the underlying C/C++ compiler and/or linker as C++.
c89
Same as cc.
ncc
Invoke the underlying compiler and/or linker but do not use UWIN headers or libraries. This produces executables that do not require the UWIN runtime.
pcc
Invoke the Microsoft Visual C/C++ compiler and/or linker with options for building in the POSIX subsystem.

Files with names ending in .c are taken to be C source programs unless the compiler has been invoked as CC or BCC in which case they are taken to be C++ source programs. Files with names ending in .cc, .cpp and .cxx are taken to be C++ source programs.

When C and C++ programs are compiled the resulting object program is placed in the current directory. The object file name is formed from the basename of the source file with the .c, .cc, .cxx or .cpp suffix changed to .o. If more than one source file is specified, each source file name is written to standard output before it is compiled.

Other arguments refer to loader options, object programs, or object libraries. Unless -c, -S, -E , or -P is specified, these programs and libraries, together with the results of any specified compilations or assemblies, are loaded (in the order given) to produce an output file named a.out. You can specify a name for the executable by using the -o option.

By default, the underlying compiler is found by looking at registry keys. However, the environment variable PACKAGE_cc can be set to the directory of the compiler root to override this.

By default, the UWIN preprocessor found in /usr/lib/cpp is used. This can be overridden by exporting the directory of the C preprocessor in the variable nativepp or by supplying the -Yp option which overrides any nativepp setting. The underlying compilers preprocessor can be specified by exporting nativepp with a value of -1.

By default, the -g option produces code view debug information. The environment variable DEBUGTYPE can be set to coff to produce symbol table information in coff format or to both to produce both coff format and code view format.

By default, the compiler builds .o's that link against the dynamic C library msvcrt. However, the -Bstatic option can be specificed to build .o's for static linking with libc. In this case, -Bstatic must also be specified on the link line.

The behavior of the compiler can also be affected by the following arguments:
-D_BLD_DLL
This must be specified when building a dynamically linked library. It will cause _DLL to be enabled.
-D_BSDCOMPAT
If defined then several BSD Unix interfaces are enabled. In addition, signal(2), behaves with BSD semantics.
-lgdi32
The application will be linked as a gui application. The default is a console application.

Unlike most other commands, many of options are recognized as options no matter where they are on the command line. As noted below, the behavior of some options depends on their position on the command line.

OPTIONS

-c, --compile
Suppress linking with ld(1) and produce a .o file for each source file.
-e, --entry=entry
Passed to the linker to set the entry point for the program or dynamically linked library.
-g, --debug
Produce additional symbol table information for debugging tools and pass option to ld(1). When this option is given, the -O option is suppressed.
-l, --library=library
Link with object library library (for ld(1)). This option must follow the sourcefile arguments. Library names are generated by first looking for library .lib and then for liblibrary.a in each directory that it searches. If the -Bstatic binding is in effect, the library.lib search is skipped. The behavior is affected by the location on the command line.
-m, --mt-embed
Embed a manifest in the output executable if the underlying compilations system supports manifests. On by default; -m means --nomt-embed.
-n, --show
Do not execute the underlying compiler. Also enables -V.
-o, --output=ofile
Use the pathname ofile instead of the default a.out for the executable or .o file produced.
-s, --symtab
Passed to ld(1) to enable symbol table generation. On by default; -s means --nosymtab.
-u, --unsatisfied=name
Passed to the linker to make symbol name an unsatisfied external symbol so that it will be searched for in a library.
-v, --version
Print the underlying compiler version string on the standard output and exit.
-w, --warn
Enable warning messages. On by default; -w means --nowarn.
-B, --bind=binding
binding can be one of the following, optionally preceded by no[-] to indicate the inverse:
dynamic
Subsequent objects will be compiled with -D_DLL defined so that they can be dynamically linked. This is the default.
static
Objects will be compiled for statical linking.
whole-archive
Passed to the linker.
-C, --strip-comments
Do not strip comments when pre-processing. This option requires the -E or -P option also be specified. On by default; -C means --nostrip-comments.
-D, --define=name[=val]
Define name as if by a C-language #define directive. If no def is given, name is defined as 1. If name is used with both -D and -U, name will be undefined regardless of the order of the options.
-E, --preprocess
Run the source file through cpp(1), the C preprocessor, only. Sends the output to the standard output, or to a file named with the -o option. Includes the cpp line numbering information. (See also, the -P option.)
-G, --dynamic
Generate a dynamically linked library.
-I, --include=dir
Add dir to the list of directories in which to search for #include files with relative filenames (not beginning with slash `/'). The preprocessor first searches for #include files in the directory containing sourcefile, then in directories namer with -I options (if any), then the /usr/include directory, and finally, the standard include directory provided by the underlying compiler. When the compiler is invoked as ncc, /usr/include is not searched.
-L, --libdir=dir
Add dir to the list of directories containing object-library files (for linking using ld(1).
-M, --generate=flag
Generates dependancy information. The flag value M causes the information to be written to standard output. The flag value D causes the output to be written to a file with the same name is the object file with the .o suffix replaced with .d.
-O, --optimize
Optimize the object code. Ignored when -g is used.
-P
Run the source file through cpp(1), the C preprocessor, only. If the -o option is not specfied, the output will be written into a file with the same basename and a .i suffix. Does not include cpp-type line number information in the output.
-S, --assembly
Produce an assembly source file with suffix .asm and do not assemble it.
-U, --undef=name
Remove any initial definition of the cpp(1) symbol name.
-V, --verbose
Show the command line(s) given to the underlying compiler. When used by itself, without operands, -V prints the pathname of the underlying compiler directory.
-W[level]
Set the warning level to level. A value of all set the warning level to the highest level. The option value may be omitted. The default value is 3.
-X, --specific
Link for the compiler specific MSVCRNM.dll instead of the generic /sys/MSVCRT.dll.
-Y [pass,]argument
Pass the given argument to the compilation pass given by pass. pass is c for the compiler, l for the linker, m is for the manifest generator, and p for the preprocessor. If pass, is omitted then c, is assumed.
-Z
Passed to the linker to add a symbol table.
--mt-administrator
Run with administrator UAC.
--mt-delete
Delete --mt-input manifest after processing.
--mt-architecture=type
Manifest architecture type. The default value is *.
--mt-description=description
Manifest application description.
--mt-language=type
Manifest application language. The default value is neutral.
--mt-name=company.product.application
Manifest company.product.application.
--mt-type=type
Manifest application type. The default value is win32.
--mt-version=version
Manifest application version. Must be of the form n.n.n.n. The default value is yyyy.mm.dd.0.
--mt-input=file
Use file instead of the default manifest.
--mt-output=file
Save the default manifest in file and do not add it to the output.

FILES

a.out
Executable output file.
file.a
Library of object files.
file.c
C source file.
file.cc
C++ source file.
file.cpp
C++ source file.
file.cxx
C++ source file.
file.c++
C++ source file.
file.i
C source file after preprocessing with cpp(1).
file.asm
Assembler source file.
/usr/include
Standard directory for #include files.

EXIT STATUS

0
All files compiled successfully.
>0
One or more files did not compile.

SEE ALSO

ar(1), cpp(1), cia(1), ld(1), m4(1), signal(2)

IMPLEMENTATION

version
cc (AT&T Labs Research) 2009-06-06
author
David Korn <dgk@research.att.com>
copyright
Copyright © 1997-2009 AT&T Intellectual Property
license
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl1.0.txt