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CLANG(1)		   Clang Tools Documentation		      CLANG(1)

NAME
       clang - the Clang C, C++, and Objective-C compiler

SYNOPSIS
       clang [-c|-S|-E] -std=standard -g
	 [-O0|-O1|-O2|-Os|-Oz|-O3|-Ofast|-O4]
	 -Wwarnings... -pedantic
	 -Idir... -Ldir...
	 -Dmacro[=defn]
	 -ffeature-option...
	 -mmachine-option...
	 -o output-file
	 -stdlib=library
	 input-filenames

DESCRIPTION
       clang is a C, C++, and Objective-C compiler which encompasses
       preprocessing, parsing, optimization, code generation, assembly, and
       linking.	 Depending on which high-level mode setting is passed, Clang
       will stop before doing a full link.  While Clang is highly integrated,
       it is important to understand the stages of compilation, to understand
       how to invoke it.  These stages are:

       Driver
	   The clang executable is actually a small driver which controls the
	   overall execution of other tools such as the compiler, assembler
	   and linker.	Typically you do not need to interact with the driver,
	   but you transparently use it to run the other tools.

       Preprocessing
	   This stage handles tokenization of the input source file, macro
	   expansion, #include expansion and handling of other preprocessor
	   directives.	The output of this stage is typically called a ".i"
	   (for C), ".ii" (for C++), ".mi" (for Objective-C) , or ".mii" (for
	   Objective-C++) file.

       Parsing and Semantic Analysis
	   This stage parses the input file, translating preprocessor tokens
	   into a parse tree.  Once in the form of a parser tree, it applies
	   semantic analysis to compute types for expressions as well and
	   determine whether the code is well formed. This stage is
	   responsible for generating most of the compiler warnings as well as
	   parse errors.  The output of this stage is an "Abstract Syntax
	   Tree" (AST).

       Code Generation and Optimization
	   This stage translates an AST into low-level intermediate code
	   (known as "LLVM IR") and ultimately to machine code.	 This phase is
	   responsible for optimizing the generated code and handling target-
	   specific code generation.  The output of this stage is typically
	   called a ".s" file or "assembly" file.

	   Clang also supports the use of an integrated assembler, in which
	   the code generator produces object files directly. This avoids the
	   overhead of generating the ".s" file and of calling the target
	   assembler.

       Assembler
	   This stage runs the target assembler to translate the output of the
	   compiler into a target object file.	The output of this stage is
	   typically called a ".o" file or "object" file.

       Linker
	   This stage runs the target linker to merge multiple object files
	   into an executable or dynamic library.  The output of this stage is
	   typically called an "a.out", ".dylib" or ".so" file.

       The Clang compiler supports a large number of options to control each
       of these stages.	 In addition to compilation of code, Clang also
       supports other tools:

       Clang Static Analyzer

       The Clang Static Analyzer is a tool that scans source code to try to
       find bugs through code analysis.	 This tool uses many parts of Clang
       and is built into the same driver.

OPTIONS
   Stage Selection Options
       -E  Run the preprocessor stage.

       -fsyntax-only
	   Run the preprocessor, parser and type checking stages.

       -S  Run the previous stages as well as LLVM generation and optimization
	   stages and target-specific code generation, producing an assembly
	   file.

       -c  Run all of the above, plus the assembler, generating a target ".o"
	   object file.

       no stage selection option
	   If no stage selection option is specified, all stages above are
	   run, and the linker is run to combine the results into an
	   executable or shared library.

       --analyze
	   Run the Clang Static Analyzer.

   Language Selection and Mode Options
       -x language
	   Treat subsequent input files as having type language.

       -std=language
	   Specify the language standard to compile for.

       -stdlib=library
	   Specify the C++ standard library to use; supported options are
	   libstdc++ and libc++.

       -ansi
	   Same as -std=c89.

       -ObjC++
	   Treat source input files as Objective-C++ inputs.

       -ObjC
	   Treat source input files as Objective-C inputs.

       -trigraphs
	   Enable trigraphs.

       -ffreestanding
	   Indicate that the file should be compiled for a freestanding, not a
	   hosted, environment.

       -fno-builtin
	   Disable special handling and optimizations of builtin functions
	   like strlen and malloc.

       -fmath-errno
	   Indicate that math functions should be treated as updating errno.

       -fpascal-strings
	   Enable support for Pascal-style strings with "\pfoo".

       -fms-extensions
	   Enable support for Microsoft extensions.

       -fmsc-version=
	   Set _MSC_VER. Defaults to 1300 on Windows. Not set otherwise.

       -fborland-extensions
	   Enable support for Borland extensions.

       -fwritable-strings
	   Make all string literals default to writable.  This disables
	   uniquing of strings and other optimizations.

       -flax-vector-conversions
	   Allow loose type checking rules for implicit vector conversions.

       -fblocks
	   Enable the "Blocks" language feature.

       -fobjc-gc-only
	   Indicate that Objective-C code should be compiled in GC-only mode,
	   which only works when Objective-C Garbage Collection is enabled.

       -fobjc-gc
	   Indicate that Objective-C code should be compiled in hybrid-GC
	   mode, which works with both GC and non-GC mode.

       -fobjc-abi-version=version
	   Select the Objective-C ABI version to use. Available versions are 1
	   (legacy "fragile" ABI), 2 (non-fragile ABI 1), and 3 (non-fragile
	   ABI 2).

       -fobjc-nonfragile-abi-version=version
	   Select the Objective-C non-fragile ABI version to use by default.
	   This will only be used as the Objective-C ABI when the non-fragile
	   ABI is enabled (either via -fobjc-nonfragile-abi, or because it is
	   the platform default).

       -fobjc-nonfragile-abi
	   Enable use of the Objective-C non-fragile ABI. On platforms for
	   which this is the default ABI, it can be disabled with
	   -fno-objc-nonfragile-abi.

   Target Selection Options
       Clang fully supports cross compilation as an inherent part of its
       design.	Depending on how your version of Clang is configured, it may
       have support for a number of cross compilers, or may only support a
       native target.

       -arch architecture
	   Specify the architecture to build for.

       -mmacosx-version-min=version
	   When building for Mac OS/X, specify the minimum version supported
	   by your application.

       -miphoneos-version-min
	   When building for iPhone OS, specify the minimum version supported
	   by your application.

       -march=cpu
	   Specify that Clang should generate code for a specific processor
	   family member and later.  For example, if you specify -march=i486,
	   the compiler is allowed to generate instructions that are valid on
	   i486 and later processors, but which may not exist on earlier ones.

   Code Generation Options
       -O0 -O1 -O2 -Os -Oz -O3 -Ofast -O4
	   Specify which optimization level to use.  -O0 means "no
	   optimization": this level compiles the fastest and generates the
	   most debuggable code.  -O2 is a moderate level of optimization
	   which enables most optimizations.  -Os is like -O2 with extra
	   optimizations to reduce code size.  -Oz is like -Os (and thus -O2),
	   but reduces code size further.  -O3 is like -O2, except that it
	   enables optimizations that take longer to perform or that may
	   generate larger code (in an attempt to make the program run
	   faster).  -Ofast enables all the optimizations from -O3 along with
	   other aggressive optimizations that may violate strict compliance
	   with language standards. On supported platforms, -O4 enables link-
	   time optimization; object files are stored in the LLVM bitcode file
	   format and whole program optimization is done at link time. -O1 is
	   somewhere between -O0 and -O2.

       -g  Generate debug information.	Note that Clang debug information
	   works best at -O0.  At higher optimization levels, only line number
	   information is currently available.

       -fstandalone-debug -fno-standalone-debug
	   Clang supports a number of optimizations to reduce the size of
	   debug information in the binary. They work based on the assumption
	   that the debug type information can be spread out over multiple
	   compilation units.  For instance, Clang will not emit type
	   definitions for types that are not needed by a module and could be
	   replaced with a forward declaration.	 Further, Clang will only emit
	   type info for a dynamic C++ class in the module that contains the
	   vtable for the class.

	   The -fstandalone-debug option turns off these optimizations.	 This
	   is useful when working with 3rd-party libraries that don't come
	   with debug information.  Note that Clang will never emit type
	   information for types that are not referenced at all by the
	   program.

       -fexceptions
	   Enable generation of unwind information, this allows exceptions to
	   be thrown through Clang compiled stack frames.  This is on by
	   default in x86-64.

       -ftrapv
	   Generate code to catch integer overflow errors.  Signed integer
	   overflow is undefined in C, with this flag, extra code is generated
	   to detect this and abort when it happens.

       -fvisibility
	   This flag sets the default visibility level.

       -fcommon
	   This flag specifies that variables without initializers get common
	   linkage.  It can be disabled with -fno-common.

       -ftls-model
	   Set the default thread-local storage (TLS) model to use for thread-
	   local variables. Valid values are: "global-dynamic", "local-
	   dynamic", "initial-exec" and "local-exec". The default is "global-
	   dynamic". The default model can be overridden with the tls_model
	   attribute. The compiler will try to choose a more efficient model
	   if possible.

       -flto -emit-llvm
	   Generate output files in LLVM formats, suitable for link time
	   optimization. When used with -S this generates LLVM intermediate
	   language assembly files, otherwise this generates LLVM bitcode
	   format object files (which may be passed to the linker depending on
	   the stage selection options).

   Driver Options
       -###
	   Print the commands to run for this compilation.

       --help
	   Display available options.

       -Qunused-arguments
	   Don't emit warning for unused driver arguments.

       -Wa,args
	   Pass the comma separated arguments in args to the assembler.

       -Wl,args
	   Pass the comma separated arguments in args to the linker.

       -Wp,args
	   Pass the comma separated arguments in args to the preprocessor.

       -Xanalyzer arg
	   Pass arg to the static analyzer.

       -Xassembler arg
	   Pass arg to the assembler.

       -Xlinker arg
	   Pass arg to the linker.

       -Xpreprocessor arg
	   Pass arg to the preprocessor.

       -o file
	   Write output to file.

       -print-file-name=file
	   Print the full library path of file.

       -print-libgcc-file-name
	   Print the library path for "libgcc.a".

       -print-prog-name=name
	   Print the full program path of name.

       -print-search-dirs
	   Print the paths used for finding libraries and programs.

       -save-temps
	   Save intermediate compilation results.

       -integrated-as -no-integrated-as
	   Used to enable and disable, respectively, the use of the integrated
	   assembler. Whether the integrated assembler is on by default is
	   target dependent.

       -time
	   Time individual commands.

       -ftime-report
	   Print timing summary of each stage of compilation.

       -v  Show commands to run and use verbose output.

   Diagnostics Options
       -fshow-column -fshow-source-location -fcaret-diagnostics
       -fdiagnostics-fixit-info -fdiagnostics-parseable-fixits
       -fdiagnostics-print-source-range-info -fprint-source-range-info
       -fdiagnostics-show-option -fmessage-length
	   These options control how Clang prints out information about
	   diagnostics (errors and warnings).  Please see the Clang User's
	   Manual for more information.

   Preprocessor Options
       -Dmacroname=value
	   Adds an implicit #define into the predefines buffer which is read
	   before the source file is preprocessed.

       -Umacroname
	   Adds an implicit #undef into the predefines buffer which is read
	   before the source file is preprocessed.

       -include filename
	   Adds an implicit #include into the predefines buffer which is read
	   before the source file is preprocessed.

       -Idirectory
	   Add the specified directory to the search path for include files.

       -Fdirectory
	   Add the specified directory to the search path for framework
	   include files.

       -nostdinc
	   Do not search the standard system directories or compiler builtin
	   directories for include files.

       -nostdlibinc
	   Do not search the standard system directories for include files,
	   but do search compiler builtin include directories.

       -nobuiltininc
	   Do not search clang's builtin directory for include files.

ENVIRONMENT
       TMPDIR, TEMP, TMP
	   These environment variables are checked, in order, for the location
	   to write temporary files used during the compilation process.

       CPATH
	   If this environment variable is present, it is treated as a
	   delimited list of paths to be added to the default system include
	   path list. The delimiter is the platform dependent delimitor, as
	   used in the PATH environment variable.

	   Empty components in the environment variable are ignored.

       C_INCLUDE_PATH, OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH, CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH,
       OBJCPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
	   These environment variables specify additional paths, as for CPATH,
	   which are only used when processing the appropriate language.

       MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
	   If -mmacosx-version-min is unspecified, the default deployment
	   target is read from this environment variable.  This option only
	   affects darwin targets.

BUGS
       To report bugs, please visit <http://llvm.org/bugs/>.  Most bug reports
       should include preprocessed source files (use the -E option) and the
       full output of the compiler, along with information to reproduce.

SEE ALSO
	as(1), ld(1)

AUTHOR
       Maintained by the Clang / LLVM Team (<http://clang.llvm.org>).

clang 5.1			  2014-02-27			      CLANG(1)
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