The options are presented in functionally related sections. Within these the options are sorted
alphabetically in case-insensitive order.
Options marked with ‘⟨N⟩’ can be negated by prefixing them with ‘--no’ as, e.g., --no-S or --no--print-status. Note the conserved inner double dash of the latter, though.
BuildControl--absname
Enforce that filenames always expand to their absolute pathnames. ⟨N⟩
Note: This is an experimental option. It may become deprecated.
--all-dependencies
If the options --print-dependencies or --show-dependencies are given print transitive
dependencies. This means that all dependencies will be printed recursively. Otherwise no
effect. ⟨N⟩
--configure
Recompute static. sections of the included omake files, instead of trusting the cached
results. ⟨N⟩
--depend
Do not trust the cached dependency information. This will force files to be rescanned for
dependency information. ⟨N⟩
--flush-includes
Do not trust cached *.omc files. ⟨N⟩
-jJOB-SPECJOB-SPEC is either the maximum number of jobs to run in parallel.
Or, JOB-SPEC specifies servers for remote execution of commands in the form of a colon
separated list of SERVER-NAME=NUMBER-OF-JOBS pairs. For example, the option
-j 2:small.host.org=1:large.host.org=4
would specify that up to 2 jobs can be executed locally, 1 on the server small.host.org and 4
on large.host.org. Each remote server must use the same filesystem location for the project.
Remote execution is currently an experimental feature. Remote filesystems like NFS do not
provide adequate file consistency for this to work.
-k Do not stop when an error occurs; continue to build as much of the project as possible. This
option is implied by -p and -P. ⟨N⟩
Mnemonic: “keep on making”.
-n Print commands, but do not execute them. ⟨N⟩
Mnemonic: “no operation”.
-P Keep on polling the filesystem for changes “forever”; implies -k and -p. ⟨N⟩
-p Watch the filesystem for changes, and continue the build until it succeeds. If this option is
specified, OMake will restart the build whenever source files are modified. This option
implies -k. ⟨N⟩
Mnemonic: “poll filesystem”.
--print-dependencies
Collect and print dependency information for the TARGETs on the command line. ⟨N⟩
--project
Ignore the current directory and build the project. ⟨N⟩
-R Ignore the current directory and build the project from its root directory. When OMake is run
in a subdirectory of a project and no explicit targets are given on the command line, it would
normally only build files within the current directory and its subdirectories. More
precisely: it builds all the .DEFAULT targets in the current directory and its subdirectories.
If the -R option is specified, the build is performed as if OMake were run in the project
root.
In other words, with the -R option all the relative targets specified on the command line will
be taken relative to the project root instead of relative to the current directory. When no
targets are given on the command line, all the .DEFAULT targets in the project will be built
regardless of the current directory. ⟨N⟩
Mnemonic: “root build”.
--show-dependenciesTARGET
Show dependencies (only) if TARGET is built.
-t Update the OMake database to force all target files of the project are considered up-to-date.
⟨N⟩
-U Do not trust the dependency cache or cached OMakefiles. This will force the entire project to
be rebuilt. ⟨N⟩
--verbose-dependencies
If either one of the options --print-dependencies or --show-dependencies is in effect, print
transitive dependencies. That is, print all dependencies recursively. If neither of the
above options is specified, this option has no effect. ⟨N⟩
-warn-error
Treat warnings as errors. ⟨N⟩
-Wdeclare
Warn about undeclared variables. ⟨N⟩
Output-oSHORT-OPTION...
Short output options alias the functionality of some options or combinations thereof. In
general, an uppercase character turns the option on, whereas a lowercase character turns the
option off. SHORT-OPTION is one of following letters.
0 Equivalent to
-s --output-only-errors --no-progress
This option specifies that omake should be as quiet as possible. If any errors occur
during the build, the output is delayed until the build terminates. Output from
successful commands is discarded.
1 Equivalent to
-S --progress --output-only-errors
This is a slightly more relaxed version of “quiet” output. The output from successful
commands is discarded. The output from failed commands is printed immediately after the
command complete. The output from failed commands is displayed twice: once immediately
after the command completes, and again when the build completes. A progress bar is
displayed so that you know when the build is active. Include the -p option if you want to
turn off the progress bar (for example omake -o 1p).
2 Equivalent to
--progress --output-postpone
The is even more relaxed, output from successful commands is printed. This is often
useful for deinterleaving the output when using option -j.
P (uppercase)
Equivalent to --progress.
p (lowercase)
Equivalent to --no--progress.
S (uppercase)
Equivalent to -S.
s (lowercase)
Equivalent to --no-S.
W (uppercase)
Equivalent to -w.
w (lowercase)
Equivalent to --no-w.
X (uppercase)
Equivalent to --print-exit.
x (lowercase)
Equivalent to --no-print-exit.
--output-at-end
The output of the failed commands will be printed after OMake has finished. Off by default,
unless -k is enabled (directly or via -p/-P). ⟨N⟩
--output-normal
Relay the output of the rule commands to the OMake output right away. This is the default
when no --output-postpone and no --output-only-errors flags are given. ⟨N⟩
--output-only-errors
Same as --output-postpone, but postponed output will only be printed for commands that fail.
This can be useful in reducing unwanted output so that the user can concentrate on any errors.
⟨N⟩
--output-postpone
Postpone printing command output until a rule terminates. Then print it as a single block.
This is useful in combination with the -j option, where the output of multiple subprocesses
can be garbled. The diversion is printed as a single coherent unit. ⟨N⟩
--print-exit
Print the exit codes of all commands that have been run. ⟨N⟩
--print-status
Print status lines (starting with ‘+’ or ‘-’). This is the default setting. ⟨N⟩
--progress
Print a progress indicator; enabled by default if stdout is a terminal and disabled if the
output has been redirected. ⟨N⟩
-S Do not print commands as they are executed unless they produce any output or they fail. This
is the default. ⟨N⟩
-s Never print commands before they are executed. ⟨N⟩
Mnemonic: “silent”.
--verbose
Switch on very verbose output. This option is equivalent to
--no-S --print-status --print-exit VERBOSE=true
-w Print the directory in “make format” as commands are executed. This is mainly useful for
editors that expect make-style directory information for determining the location of errors.
⟨N⟩
CacheManagement--force-dotomake
Always use the directory $HOME/.omake for *.omc-cache files. ⟨N⟩
--dotomakeDIRECTORY
Use the specified DIRECTORY in place of $HOME/.omake for the storage of *.omc-files.
--save-intervalDURATION
Save the build DB (.omakedb) every DURATION seconds (0 disables, default: 60).
ShellRelated-cCOMMAND
Execute COMMAND.
-i Treat the session as interactive. ⟨N⟩
--shell
Run the OMake shell: osh. ⟨N⟩
Debugging-allow-exceptions
Do not catch top-level exceptions. This option is useful if running with OCAMLRUNPARAM=b.
⟨N⟩
-debug-active-rules
Debug active rules. ⟨N⟩
-debug-ast-lex
Print tokens as they are scanned. ⟨N⟩
-debug-build
Display debugging information during the build. ⟨N⟩
-debug-cache
Display cache debugging information. ⟨N⟩
-debug-db
Debug the file database. ⟨N⟩
-debug-deps
Display dependency information as scanned. ⟨N⟩
-debug-eval
Debug the evaluator. ⟨N⟩
-debug-exec
Display execution debugging information. ⟨N⟩
-debug-hash
Show Lm_hash statistics. ⟨N⟩
-debug-implicit
Display debugging information for implicit rule selection. ⟨N⟩
-debug-lex
Debug the lexer. ⟨N⟩
-debug-lexgen
Debug the lexer generator. ⟨N⟩
-debug-notify
Debug the FAM (-p filesystem watch) operations. ⟨N⟩
-debug-parse
Debug the parser. ⟨N⟩
-debug-parsegen
Debug the parser generator. ⟨N⟩
-debug-parsing
Debug OMake parsing operations. ⟨N⟩
-debug-pos
Print source position information on error. ⟨N⟩
-debug-remote
Debug remote execution. ⟨N⟩
-debug-rule
Display debugging information about rule execution. ⟨N⟩
-debug-scanner
Display debugging information for scanner selection. ⟨N⟩
-debug-shell
Debug shell operations. ⟨N⟩
-debug-thread
Show thread operations. ⟨N⟩
-extended-rusage
Print more about resource usage. ⟨N⟩
-instrument
Do instrument functions. ⟨N⟩
-print-ast
Print the AST after parsing. ⟨N⟩
-print-files
Print the files as they are read. ⟨N⟩
-print-ir
Print the IR. ⟨N⟩
-print-loc
Also print locations. ⟨N⟩
-trace-pos
Trace the program execution. ⟨N⟩
-print-rules
Print the rules after evaluation. ⟨N⟩
Miscellaneous--install
Install default files OMakefile and OMakeroot of an OMake project into the current directory.
This is typically done only once to start an OMake project in the current directory. ⟨N⟩
--install-all
In addition to installing the default files OMakefile and OMakeroot of an OMake project into
the current directory install default OMakefiles into each subdirectory of the current
directory. cvs(1) rules are used for filtering the subdirectory list. For example,
OMakefiles are not copied into directories called CVS, RCCS, etc. ⟨N⟩
--install-force
Normally, OMake will prompt before it overwrites any existing OMakefile. If this option is
given, all files are overwritten without prompting; implies --install. ⟨N⟩
--help Display help message and exit.
--help-all
Display help message for all options and exit.
--help-debug
Display help message just for the debugging-related options and exit.
--serverSERVER-NAME
Run as a remote server called SERVER-NAME.
--version
Print the version string and the default library directory then exit.
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