Compiler Command Syntax and Environment Variables

Compiler Command Syntax:

aCC [options] [files]

Description:

CAUTION: You must use the aCC command to link your HP aC++ programs and libraries. This ensures that all libraries and other files needed by the linker are available.

Example:

aCC prog.C

Compiles the source file prog.C and puts the executable code in the file a.out.

For More Information:

• More Examples of the aCC Command
• Using Environment Variables with the aCC Command
• The Manual Page for the aCC(1) Command

files on the aCC Command Line

Each file can be:

• A C++ source file (.C file)
• A preprocessed source file (.i file)
• An assembly language source file (.s file)
• An object file (.o file)
• A library file (.sl or .a file)

All other files are passed directly to the linker by the compiler. C++ source files can also reference C++ header files (.H files) using the #include preprocessor directive.

Unless you use the -o option to specify otherwise, all files that the aCC compiling system generates are put in the working directory, even if the source files came from other directories.

C++ Source Files

If you compile only, each C++ source file produces an object file with the same file name prefix as the source file and a .o file name suffix. However, if you compile and link a single source file into an executable program in one step, the .o file is automatically deleted.

CAUTION: It is recommended that your source files have extensions of .c or .C only, without additional characters. While file extensions other than .c or .C are permitted for portability from other systems, other endings may not be supported by HP tools and environments.

C++ Header Files

Typically, header files are referenced in C++ source files using the #include preprocessor directive.

Preprocessed C++ Source Files

Files ending in .i are processed the same as .c or .C files, except that the preprocessor is not run on the .i file before the file is compiled.

Use the -P or the -E compiler option to preprocess a C++ source file without compiling it.

Assembly Language Source Files

The compiler invokes the assembler through cc to produce .o files from these.

Use the -S option to compile a C++ source file to assembly code and put the assembly code into a .s file.

Object Files

The compiler invokes the linker to link the object files and produce an executable file.

Use the -c option to compile a C++ source file into a .o file.

Library Files

Use the -c and +z options to create object files of position-independent code (PIC) and the -b option to create a shared library.

Use the -c option to create object files and the ar command to combine the object files into an archive library.

More Examples of the aCC Command

Compiling and Renaming the Output File

aCC -o prog prog.C

Compiling and Debugging

aCC -g prog.C

Compiling Without Linking

aCC -c prog.C

Linking Several Object Files

aCC file1.o file2.o file3.o

Links the listed object files and puts the executable code in the file a.out.

CAUTION: You must use the aCC command to link your HP aC++ programs and libraries. This ensures that all libraries and other files needed by the linker are available.

Compiling, Optimizing, and Getting Verbose Information

aCC -O -v prog.C

Compiling and Creating a Shared Library

aCC +z -c prog.C
aCC -b -o mylib.sl prog.o

The first line compiles prog.C, creates the object file prog.o, and puts the position-independent code (PIC) into the object file. The second line creates the shared library mylib.sl, and puts the executable code into the shared library.

Environment Variables

CXXOPTS

Specify command line options automatically.

CCLIBDIR

Specify additional directories for the linker to search for libraries.

CCROOTDIR

Use this when compiler subprocesses are in alternate directories.

TMPDIR

Change the location of temporary files that the compiler creates.

The CXXOPTS Environment Variable

Syntax:

export CXXOPTS="options | options"   ksh notation
setenv CXXOPTS "options | options"   csh notation

Description:

If you do not use the vertical bar, all options are placed before the command line parameters.

Just set the environment variable and the options you want are automatically included each time you execute the aCC command.

Usage:

Example:

export CXXOPTS="-v | -lm"   ksh notation
setenv CXXOPTS "-v | -lm"   csh notation

Causes the -v and -l options to be passed to the aCC command each time you execute it.

When CXXOPTS is set as above, the following two commands are equivalent:

aCC -g prog.C
aCC -v -g prog.C -lm

The CCLIBDIR Environment Variable

Syntax:

export CCLIBDIR=directory   ksh notation
setenv CCLIBDIR directory   csh notation

directory is an HP-UX directory where you want HP aC++ to look for libraries.

Description:

Example:

export CCLIBDIR=/mnt/proj/lib

Specifies that HP aC++ search the directory /mnt/proj/lib for libraries, then search the directory /opt/aCC/lib.

When CCLIBDIR is set as above, the following two commands are equivalent:

aCC -L/mnt/proj/lib file.o
aCC file.o

See Also:

The CCROOTDIR Environment Variable

Syntax:

export CCROOTDIR=directory   ksh notation
setenv CCROOTDIR directory   csh notation

directory is an aCC root directory where you want the HP aC++ driver to look for subprocesses.

Description:

Example:

export CCROOTDIR=/mnt/CXX2.1

Specifies that HP aC++ search the directories under /mnt/CXX2.1 (/mnt/CXX2.1/bin and /mnt/CXX2.1/lbin) for subprocesses rather than their respective default directories.

The TMPDIR Environment Variable

Syntax:

export TMPDIR=directory   ksh notation
setenv TMPDIR directory   csh notation

directory is the name of an HP-UX directory where you want HP aC++ to put temporary files during compilation.

Description:

Example:

export TMPDIR=/mnt/temp   ksh notation
setenv TMPDIR /mnt/temp   csh notation

Specifies that HP aC++ should put all temporary files in /mnt/temp.