| Option |
Meaning |
| -386 |
Use -xtarget=386 instead. |
| -486 |
Use -xtarget=486 instead. |
| -a |
Use -xa instead. |
| -B |
Specifies whether a library binding for linking is symbolic, dynamic
(shared), or static (nonshared).
|
| -c |
Suppresses linking with the linker and, instead, produces a .o file
for each source file.
|
| -cg |
Use -xcg instead. |
| -compat |
Sets the major release compatibility mode of the compiler. |
| +d |
Prevents the compiler from expanding C++ inline functions. |
| -Dname |
Defines a macro symbol name to the preprocessor. |
| -d |
Allows or disallows dynamic libraries for the entire executable. |
| -dalign |
Use -xmemalign instead. |
| -dryrun |
Shows each component as it would be invoked, but does not actually
execute it. Also shows how command options would expand.
|
| -E |
Directs the CC driver to only preprocess the C++ source files,
and to send the result to stdout (standard output).
|
| +e |
Controls virtual table generation in compatibility mode
(-compat[=4]).
|
| -erroff |
Suppresses compiler warning messages but has no effect on error messages.
|
| -errtags |
Displays the message tag for each warning message of the compiler
front-end that can be suppressed with the -erroffoption or made a fatal
error with the -errwarn option.
|
| -errwarn |
Causes the compiler to exit with a failure status for the given
warning messages.
|
| -fast |
This option is a macro that you can effectively use as a starting
point for tuning an executable for maximum run-time performance.
|
| -features |
Enables/disables various C++ language features. |
| -filt |
Suppress the filtering that the C++ compiler normally applies to
linker error messages.
|
| -flags |
Same as -xhelp=flags. |
| -fnonstd |
Causes hardware traps to be enabled for floating-point overflow,
division by zero, and invalid operations exceptions.
|
| -fns |
Enables the nonstandard floating-point mode on SPARC and selects
SSE flush-to-zero mode and, where available, denormals-are-zero mode for x86.
|
| -fprecision |
Sets floating-point rounding precision mode. |
| -fround |
Sets the IEEE rounding mode in effect at startup. |
| -fsimple |
Selects floating-point optimization preferences. |
| -fstore |
Forces precision of floating-point expressions. |
| -ftrap |
Sets the IEEE trapping mode in effect at startup but does not
install a SIGFPE handler.
|
| -G |
Build a dynamic shared library instead of an executable file. |
| -g |
Instructs both the compiler and the linker to prepare the file or program for debugging. |
| -g0 |
Instructs the compiler to prepare the file or program for debugging,
but not to disable inlining.
|
| -H |
Prints the path name of each include file contained in the
current compilation to the standard error output.
|
| -h |
Assign a name to the generated shared dynamic library. |
| -help |
See -xhelp. |
| -I |
Adds a pathname to the list of directories that are searched
for #include files with relative file paths.
|
| -I- |
Change the include-file search rules. |
| -i |
Tells the linker, ld(1), to ignore any LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting.
|
| -inline |
Use -xinline instead. |
| -instances |
Controls the placement and linkage of template instances. |
| -instlib |
Inhibits the generation of template instances that are duplicated
in a library, either static or shared, and the current object.
|
| -KPIC |
Use -xcode=pic32 instead. |
| -Kpic |
Use -xcode=pic13 instead. |
| -keeptmp |
Retains the temporary files that are created during compilation. |
| -L |
Adds a path to thelibrarysearch paths. |
| -l |
Adds dynamic or static library to linker's list of search libraries. |
| -libmieee |
Use -xlibmieee instead. |
| -libmil |
Use -xlibmil instead. |
| -library |
Incorporates specified compiler-provided libraries into compilation and linking.
|
| -mc |
Removes duplicate strings from the .comment section of the object file. |
| -migration |
Explains where to get information about migrating source code that
was built for earlier versions of the compiler.
|
| -misalign |
This option is deprecated in the C compiler so use the -xmemalign=1i
option instead. However, this option is allowed in the C++ compiler where it permits
misaligned data in memory which would otherwise generate an error.
|
| -mr |
Removes all strings from the .comment section of the object file
and, if a substitute string is supplied, places the substitute in that section.
|
| -mt |
Indicates compilation and linking for multithreaded code. |
| -native |
Use -xtarget=native instead. |
| -noex |
Use -features=no%except instead. |
| -nofstore |
Disables forced precision of expression. |
| -nolib |
Use -xnolib instead. |
| -nolibmil |
Use -xnolibmil instead. |
| -noqueue |
Obsolete: There is no suggested alternate option. |
| -norunpath |
Does not build the path for shared libraries into the executable.
|
| -O |
Macro for -x03. Note: use the capital letter o for this option, not
zero.
|
| -Olevel |
Use -xOlevel instead. Note: use the capital letter o for this
option, not zero.
|
| -o |
Sets the name of the output file (with the suffix .o) or the
executable file.
|
| +p |
Ignore non-standard preprocessor asserts. |
| -P |
Only preprocesses source; does not compile. |
| -p |
Use -xpg instead. |
| -pentium |
Use -xtarget=pentium instead. |
| -pg |
Use -xpg instead. |
| -PIC |
SPARC: Same as -xcode=pic32. x86: Same as -KPIC. |
| -pic |
SPARC: Same as -xcode=pic13. x86: Same as -Kpic.
|
| -pta |
Use -template=wholeclass instead. |
| -pti |
Specifies an additional search directory for template source. |
| -pto |
Use -instances=static instead. |
| -ptr |
Obsolete: Do not use, there is no suggested alternate option. |
| -ptv |
Use -verbose=template instead. |
| -Q |
Passes compiler options to a specific phase of the compilation
process.
|
| -Qproduce |
Causes the CC driver to produce output of the specified type. |
| -q |
Use -Q instead. |
| -qp |
Same as -p. |
| -qproduce |
Use -Qproduce instead. |
| -R |
Builds dynamic library search paths into the executable file. |
| -readme |
Same as -xhelp=readme. |
| -S |
Compiles and generates only assembly code. |
| -s |
Strips the symbol table from the executable file. |
| -sb |
Obsolete. Produces table information for the source code browser.
|
| -sbfast |
Obsolete. Produce only source code browser tables. |
| -staticlib |
Indicates which C++ libraries specified by the -library option (including its defaults), by the -xlang option, and by the
-xia
option are to be linked statically.
|
| -sync_stdio |
Improves performance by turning off synchronization between C++
iostreams and C stdio
|
| -temp |
Defines the directory for temporary files. |
| -template |
Enables/disables various template options. |
| -time |
Use -xtime instead. |
| -Uname |
Removes any initial definition of the named macro symbol that was
created by -D on the same command line, including those implicitly
placed there bythe command-line driver.
|
| -unroll |
Same as -xunroll. |
| -V |
Same as -verbose=version. |
| -v |
Same as -verbose=diags. |
| -vdelx |
Deprecated, do not use. |
| -verbose |
Controls compiler verbosity. |
| +w |
Identifies code that might have unintended consequences. |
| +w2 |
Emits the same warnings as +w as well as warnings about
technical violations that are probably harmless, but that might reduce the
maximum portability of your program.
|
| -w |
Suppresses warning messages. |
| -Xm |
Use -features=iddollar instead. |
| -xa |
Generates code for profiling. |
| -xalias_level |
Allows the compiler to perform type-based alias-analysis. |
| -xar |
Creates archive libraries. |
| -xarch |
Specifies the target architecture instruction set (ISA). |
| -xautopar |
Turns on automatic parallelization for multiple processors. |
| -xbinopt |
Instructs the compiler to prepare the binary for later optimizations, transformations and analysis (see binopt(1)). |
| -xbuiltin |
Enables or disables better optimization of standard library calls.
|
| -xcache |
Defines the cache properties for use by the optimizer. |
| -xcg |
Do not use this option, the current Solaris operating systems no
longer support the SPARC V7 architecture.
|
| -xchar |
Eases the migration of code from systems where the char type is
definedas unsigned.
|
| -xcheck |
Enables a runtime check for stack overflow. |
| -xchip |
Specifies the target processor for use by the optimizer. |
| -xcode |
Specifies code address space. |
| -xcrossfile |
Enables optimization and inlining across source files. |
| -xdebugformat |
Identifies the format of debugger information |
| -xdepend |
Analyzes loops for inter-iteration data dependencies and performs
loop restructuring.
|
| -xdumpmacros |
Shows how macros are behaving in your program. |
| -xe |
Checks only for syntax and semantic errors. |
| -xF |
Enables the optimal reordering of functions and variables by the
linker.
|
| -xhelp |
Displays online help for compiler options or latest readme. |
| -xia |
Links the appropriate interval arithmetic libraries and sets a
suitable floating-point environment.
|
| -xinline |
Specifies which user-written routines can be inlined by the
optimizer at -xO3 or higher.
|
| -xipo |
Performs interprocedural optimizations. |
| -xjobs |
Sets compilation for multiple processors. |
| -xlang |
Includes the appropriate runtime libraries and ensures the proper
runtime environment for the specified language.
|
| -xldscope |
Changes the default linker scoping for the definition of extern symbols.
|
| -xlibmieee |
Causes libm to return IEEE 754 values for math routines in
exceptional cases.
|
| -xlibmil |
Inlines selected library routines for optimization. |
| -xlibmopt |
Uses a library of optimized math routines. |
| -xlic_lib |
Use -library=sunperf instead. |
| -xlicinfo |
Obsolete: This option is silently ignored by the compiler. |
| -xlinkopt |
Performs link-time optimizations on relocatable object files. |
| -xM |
Runs only the preprocessor on the named C++ programs, requesting
that it generate makefile dependencies and sendthe result to the standard
outputx
|
| -xM1 |
Same as -xM, except that this option does not report
dependencies for the /usr/include header files and it does not report
dependencies for compiler-supplied header files.
|
| -xMerge |
Merges the data segment of the object files with the text segment.
|
| -xmaxopt |
Limits the level of the opt pragma. |
| -xmemalign |
Specifies the maximum assumed memory alignment and the behavior of
misaligned data accesses.
|
| -xmodel |
Enables the compiler to modify the form of 64-bit objects for the
Solaris x86 platforms and should only be specified for the compilation of such
objects.
|
| -xnativeconnect |
Includes interface information inside object file and subsequent
shared libraries so that the shared library can interface with Java.
|
| -xnolib |
Disables linking with default system libraries. |
| -xnolibmil |
Cancels -xlibmil on the command line. |
| -xnolibmopt |
Does not use the math routine library by turning off any previously
specified -xlibmopt options.
|
| -xO |
Specifies optimization level. |
| -xopenmp |
Enable explicit parallelization with OpenMP directives. |
| -xpagesize |
Set the preferred page size for the stack and the heap. |
| -xpagesize_heap |
Set the preferred page size for the heap. |
| -xpagesize_stack |
Set the preferred page size for the stack. |
| -xpch |
Activates the precompiled-header feature. |
| -xpchstop |
Identifies the last include file to be considered in creating a
precompiled-header file.
|
| -xpg |
Compiles for profiling with the gprof profiler. |
| -xport64 |
Helps you port code to a 64-bit environment. |
| -xprefetch |
Enables and adjusts prefetch instructions on those architectures
that support prefetch.
|
| -xprefetch_auto_type |
Determines whether or not the compiler generates indirect prefetches
for the loops indicated by the -xprefetch_level option in the same
fashionthat the prefetches for direct memory accesses are generated.
|
| -xprefetch_level |
Controls the aggressiveness of automatic insertion of prefetch
instructions as determined with -xprefetch=auto.
|
| -xprofile |
Collects or optimizes with runtime profiling data. |
| -xprofile_ircache |
Improves compilation time during the use phase of
-xprofile by reusing compilation data saved from the collect
phase of -xprofile.
|
| -xprofile_pathmap |
For use in conjunction with the -xprofile=use option.
|
| -xregs |
Makes available additional scratch registers for use during
compilation.
|
| -xrestrict |
Treats pointer-valued function parameters as restricted pointers.
|
| -xs |
Allows debugging by dbx without object files. |
| -xsafe |
Allows the compiler to assume that no memory protection violations
occur.
|
| -xsb |
Obsolete. Synonym for -sb. |
| -xsbfast |
Obsolete. Synonym for -sbfast. |
| -xspace |
Does not allow optimizations that increase code size. |
| -xtarget |
Specifies the target system for instruction set and optimization.
|
| -xthreadvar |
Works in conjunction with the __thread declaration
specifier to take advantage of the compiler's thread-local storage facility.
|
| -xtime |
Causes the CC driver to report execution times for the various
compilation passes.
|
| -xtrigraphs |
Enables or disables recognition of trigraph sequences as defined by
the ISO/ANSI C standard.
|
| -xunroll |
Enables unrolling of loops where possible. |
| -xustr |
Enables compiler recognition of UTF-16 character strings and
literals.
|
| -xvector |
Enables automatic generation of calls to the vector library and/or
the generation of the SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instructions.
|
| -xvis |
Declares the use of the assembly-language templates defined in the
VIS[tm] instruction set Software Developers Kit (VSDK).
|
| -xwe |
Converts all warnings to errors by returning non-zero exit status.
|
| -Y |
Specifies a new path for the location of compilation components.
|
| -z |
Link editor option. |
