| Option |
Meaning |
| -# |
Turns on verbose modes, showing how command options expand. Shows
each component as it is invoked.
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| -### |
Shows each component as it would be invoked, but does not actually
execute it. Also shows how command options would expand.
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| -A |
Associate a predicate with the specified tokens as if by a
#assert preprocessing directive.
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| -B |
Specifies whether a library binding for linking is symbolic, dynamic
(shared), or static (nonshared).
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| -C |
Prevents the C preprocessor from removing comments, other than
those on preprocessing directive lines.
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| -c |
Suppresses linking with the linker and, instead, produces a .o file
for each source file.
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| -Dname |
Defines a macro symbol name to the preprocessor. |
| -d |
Allows or disallows dynamic libraries for the entire executable. |
| -dalign |
Use -xmemalign instead. |
| -E |
Directs the CC driver to only preprocess the C++ source files,
and to send the result to stdout (standard output).
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| -errfmt |
Adds the string "error:" to the beginning of error messages
so they are more easily distinguishable from warning messages.
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| -erroff |
Suppresses compiler warning messages but has no effect on error messages.
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| -errshort |
Controls how much detail is in the error message produced by the
compiler when it discovers a type mismatch.
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| -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.
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| -errwarn |
Causes the compiler to exit with a failure status for the given
warning messages.
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| -fast |
This option is a macro that you can effectively use as a starting
point for tuning an executable for maximum run-time performance.
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| -fd |
Reports K&R style function declarations and definitions. |
| -features |
Controls the compiler's treatment of extern inline functions to
support code compiled by versions 5.5, or older, of the C and C++ compilers.
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| -flags |
Prints a one-line summary of available options. |
| -flteval |
Controls how floating point expressions are evaluated. |
| -fnonstd |
This option is a macro for -fns and -ftrap=common. |
| -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.
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| -fprecision |
Sets floating-point rounding precision mode. |
| -fround |
Sets the IEEE rounding mode in effect at startup. |
| -fsimple |
Selects floating-point optimization preferences. |
| -fsingle |
(-Xt and -Xs modes only) Causes the compiler to evaluate float
expressions as single precision, rather than double precision.
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| -fstore |
Forces precision of floating-point expressions. |
| -ftrap |
Sets the IEEE trapping mode in effect at startup but does not
install a SIGFPE handler.
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| -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. |
| -H |
Prints the path name of each include file contained in the
current compilation to the standard error output.
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| -h |
Assign a name to the generated shared dynamic library. |
| -I |
Adds a pathname to the list of directories that are searched
for #include files with relative file paths.
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| -I- |
Change the include-file search rules. |
| -i |
Tells the linker, ld(1), to ignore any LD_LIBRARY_PATH setting.
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| -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. |
| -mc |
Removes duplicate strings from the .comment section of the object file. |
| -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.
|
| -misalign2 |
Use -xmemalign=2i instead. |
| -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.
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| -mt |
Indicates compilation and linking for multithreaded code. |
| -native |
Use -xtarget=native instead. |
| -nofstore |
Disables forced precision of expression. |
| -O |
Macro for -x03. Note: use the capital letter o for this option, not
zero.
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| -o |
Sets the name of the output file (with the suffix .o) or the
executable file.
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| -P |
Only preprocesses source; does not compile. |
| -p |
Use -xpg instead. |
| -Q |
Emits identification information to the output file. |
| -qp |
Same as -p. |
| -R |
Builds dynamic library search paths into the executable file. |
| -S |
Compiles and generates only assembly code. |
| -s |
Strips the symbol table from the executable file. |
| -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.
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| -V |
Causes each invoked tool to print its version information on the
standard error output.
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| -v |
Performs more and stricter semantic checks, and enables certain
lint-like checks on the named C files.
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| -W |
Passes arguments to specific components of the compilation system.
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| -w |
Suppresses warning messages. |
| -X |
Specifies the degree of conformance to the ISO C standard. |
| -x386 |
Use -xchip=generic instead. |
| -x486 |
Use -xchip=generic instead. |
| -xa |
Generates code for profiling. |
| -xalias_level |
Allows the compiler to perform type-based alias-analysis. |
| -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.
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| -xCC |
The compiler accepts C++-style comments when you specify both
-xc99=none and -xCC.
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| -xc99 |
Controls compiler recognition of the implemented features from the
C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999, Programming Language - C).
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| -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.
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| -xchar |
Eases the migration of code from systems where the char type is
definedas unsigned.
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| -xchar_byte_order |
Produces an integer constant by placing the characters of a
multi-character character-constant in the specified byte order.
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| -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. |
| -xcsi |
Allows the C compiler to accept source code written in locales that
do not conform to the ISO C source character code requirements.
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| -xdebugformat |
Identifies the format of debugger information |
| -xdepend |
Analyzes loops for inter-iteration data dependencies and performs
loop restructuring.
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| -xdryrun |
Shows each component as it would be invoked, but does not actually
execute it. Also shows how command options would expand.
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| -xe |
Checks only for syntax and semantic errors. |
| -xexplicitpar |
Parallelizes the loops that are specified. |
| -xF |
Enables the optimal reordering of functions and variables by the
linker.
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| -xhelp |
Displays online help for compiler options or latest readme. |
| -xhwcprof |
Enables compiler support for hardware counter-based profiling. |
| -xinline |
Specifies which user-written routines can be inlined by the
optimizer at -xO3 or higher.
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| -xipo |
Performs interprocedural optimizations. |
| -xipo_archive |
Enables the compiler to optimize object files that are passed to
the linker with object files that were compiled with -xipo and that reside in
the archive library (.a) before producing an executable.
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| -xjobs |
Sets compilation for multiple processors. |
| -xldscope |
Changes the default linker scoping for the definition of extern symbols.
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| -xlibmieee |
Causes libm to return IEEE 754 values for math routines in
exceptional cases.
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| -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. |
| -xloopinfo |
Shows which loops are parallelized and which are not. |
| -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.
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| -xMerge |
Merges the data segment of the object files with the text segment.
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| -xmaxopt |
Limits the level of the opt pragma. |
| -xmemalign |
Specifies the maximum assumed memory alignment and the behavior of
misaligned data accesses.
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| -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.
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| -xnativeconnect |
Includes interface information inside object file and subsequent
shared libraries so that the shared library can interface with Java.
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| -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.
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| -xO |
Specifies optimization level. |
| -xopenmp |
Enable explicit parallelization with OpenMP directives. |
| -xP |
Performs only syntax and semantic checking on the source file in
order to print prototypes for all K&R C functions.
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| -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. |
| -xparallel |
Parallelizes loops both automatically (by the compiler) and
explicitly (as specified by the programmer).
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| -xpch |
Activates the precompiled-header feature. |
| -xpchstop |
Identifies the last include file to be considered in creating a
precompiled-header file.
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| -xpentium |
Generates code for the Pentium processor. |
| -xpg |
Compiles for profiling with the gprof profiler. |
| -xprefetch |
Enables and adjusts prefetch instructions on those architectures
that support prefetch.
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| -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.
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| -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.
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| -xprofile_pathmap |
For use in conjunction with the -xprofile=use option. |
| -xreduction |
Analyzes loops for reduction in automatic parallelization. |
| -xregs |
Makes available additional scratch registers for use during
compilation.
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| -xrestrict |
Treats pointer-valued function parameters as restricted pointers.
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| -xs |
Allows debugging by dbx without object files. |
| -xsafe |
Allows the compiler to assume that no memory protection violations
occur.
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| -xsb |
Generates extra symbol table information for the Source Browser. |
| -xsbfast |
Creates the database for the Source Browser, but does not actually compile. |
| -xsfpconst |
Represents unsuffixed floating-point constants as single
precision, instead of the default mode of double precision.
|
| -xspace |
Does not allow optimizations that increase code size. |
| -xstrconst |
Inserts string literals into the read-only data section of the text
segment instead of the default data segment.
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| -xtarget |
Specifies the target system for instruction set and optimization.
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| -xtemp |
Sets the directory the compiler uses for temporary files. |
| -xthreadvar |
Works in conjunction with the __thread declaration
specifier to take advantage of the compiler's thread-local storage facility.
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| -xtime |
Causes the CC driver to report execution times for the various
compilation passes.
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| -xtransition |
Issues warnings for differences between K&R C and ISO C. |
| -xtrigraphs |
Enables or disables recognition of trigraph sequences as defined by
the ISO/ANSI C standard.
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| -xunroll |
Enables unrolling of loops where possible. |
| -xustr |
Enables compiler recognition of UTF-16 character strings and
literals.
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| -xvector |
Enables automatic generation of calls to the vector library and/or
the generation of the SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) instructions.
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| -xvis |
Declares the use of the assembly-language templates defined in the
VIS[tm] instruction set Software Developers Kit (VSDK).
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| -xvpara |
Show parallelization warning messages. |
| -Y |
Specifies a new path for the location of compilation components.
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| -YA |
Specifies a directory dir to search for all compiler components.
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| -YI |
Changes default directory searched for include files. |
| -YP |
Changes default directory for finding library files. |
| -YS |
Changes default directory for startup object files. |
| -Zll |
Creates the program database for lock_lint, but does not
generate executable code.
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