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Alphabetical listing of command-line options

The following is alphabetical listing of all command-line options, as generated by the compiler:

ppc386 [options] <inputfile> [options]
+ switch option on, - off
  -a     the compiler doesn't delete the generated assembler file
           -al        list sourcecode lines in assembler file  (still BETA !!)
  -B     build all modules
  -C     code generation options
           -CD        create dynamic library
           -Ch<n>     <n> bytes heap (between 1023 and 67107840)
           -Ci        IO-checking
           -Cn        omit linking stage
           -Co        check overflow of integer operations
           -Cr        range checking
           -Cs<n>     set stack size to <n>
           -Ct        stack checking
           -CS        create static library
           -Cx        use smartlinking
  -d<x>  defines the symbol <x>
  -e<x>  set path to executable
  -E     same as -Cn
  -F     set file names and paths
           -Fe<x>     redirect error output to <x>
           -Fg<x>     same as -Fl
           -Fi<x>     adds <x> to include path
           -Fl<x>     adds <x> to library path
           -FL<x>     uses <x> as dynamic linker
           -Fo<x>     adds <x> to object path
           -Fr<x>     load error message file <x>
           -Fu<x>     adds <x> to unit path
  -g     generate debugger information
           -gg        use gsym
           -gd        use dbx
  -i     information
  -I<x>  adds <x> to include path
  -k<x>  Pass <x> to the linker
  -l     write logo
  -n     don't read the default config file
  -o<x>  change the name of the executable produced to <x>
  -pg    generate profile code for gprof
  -P     use pipes instead of creating temporary assembler files
  -S     syntax options
           -S2        switch some Delphi 2 extensions on
           -Sc        supports operators like C (*=,+=,/= and -=)
           -Sd        compiler disposes asm lists (uses less memory but slower)
           -Se        compiler stops after the first error
           -Sg        allow LABEL and GOTO
           -Si        support C++ stlyed INLINE
           -Sm        support macros like C (global)
           -So        tries to be TP/BP 7.0 compatible
           -Sp        tries to be gpc compatible
           -Ss        constructor name must be init (destructor must be done)
           -St        allow static keyword in objects
           -Sv        allow variable directives (cvar,external,public,export)
  -s     don't call assembler and linker (only with -a)
  -T<x>  Target operating system
           -TGO32V1   version 1 of DJ Delorie DOS extender
           -TGO32V2   version 2 of DJ Delorie DOS extender
           -TLINUX    Linux
           -TOS2      OS/2 2.x
           -TWin32    Windows 32 Bit
  -u<x>  undefines the symbol <x>
  -U     unit options
           -Un        don't check the unit name
           -Up<x>     same as -Fu<x>
           -Us        compile a system unit
  -v<x>  Be verbose. <x> is a combination of the following letters :
           e : Show errors (default)       d : Show debug info
           w : Show warnings               u : Show used files
           n : Show notes                  t : Show tried files
           h : Show hints                  m : Show defined macros
           i : Show general info           p : Show compiled procedures
           l : Show linenumbers            c : Show conditionals
           a : Show everything             0 : Show nothing (except errors)
           b : Show all procedure
               declarations if an error
               occurs
  -X     executable options
           -Xc        link with the c library
           -XD        link with dynamic libraries (defines FPC_LINK_DYNAMIC)
           -Xs        strip all symbols from executable
           -XS        link with static libraries (defines FPC_LINK_STATIC)

Processor specific options:
  -A     output format
           -Ao        coff file using GNU AS
           -Anasmcoff coff file using Nasm
           -Anasmelf  elf32 (linux) file using Nasm
           -Anasmobj  obj file using Nasm
           -Amasm     obj using Masm (Mircosoft)
           -Atasm     obj using Tasm (Borland)
  -R     assembler reading style
           -Ratt      read AT&T style assembler
           -Rintel    read Intel style assembler
           -Rdirect   copy assembler text directly to assembler file
  -O<x>  optimizations
           -Og        generate smaller code
           -OG        generate faster code (default)
           -Or        keep certain variables in registers (still BUGGY!!!)
           -Ou        enable uncertain optimizations (see docs)
           -O1        level 1 optimizations (quick optimizations)
           -O2        level 2 optimizations (-O1 + slower optimizations)
           -O3        level 3 optimizations (same as -O2u)
           -Op        target processor
                     -Op1  set target processor to 386/486
                     -Op2  set target processor to Pentium/PentiumMMX (tm)
                     -Op3  set target processor to PPro/PII/c6x86/K6 (tm)
  
  -?     shows this help
  -h     shows this help without waiting



Michael Van Canneyt
Thu Sep 10 13:56:17 CEST 1998