Usage: ocaml <options> <files>
Options are:
-absname Show absolute filenames in error messages
-alert <list> Enable or disable alerts according to <list>:
+<alertname> enable alert <alertname>
-<alertname> disable alert <alertname>
++<alertname> treat <alertname> as fatal error
--<alertname> treat <alertname> as non-fatal
@<alertname> enable <alertname> and treat it as fatal error
<alertname> can be 'all' to refer to all alert names
-I <dir> Add <dir> to the list of include directories
-init <file> Load <file> instead of default init file
-labels Use commuting label mode
-alias-deps Do record dependencies for module aliases
-no-alias-deps Do not record dependencies for module aliases
-app-funct Activate applicative functors
-no-app-funct Deactivate applicative functors
-noassert Do not compile assertion checks
-noinit Do not load any init file
-nolabels Ignore non-optional labels in types
-noprompt Suppress all prompts
-nopromptcont Suppress prompts for continuation lines of multi-line inputs
-nostdlib Do not add default directory to the list of include directories
-nopervasives (undocumented)
-open <module> Opens the module <module> before typing
-ppx <command> Pipe abstract syntax trees through preprocessor <command>
-principal Check principality of type inference
-no-principal Do not check principality of type inference (default)
-rectypes Allow arbitrary recursive types
-no-rectypes Do not allow arbitrary recursive types (default)
-safe-string (was set when configuring the compiler)
-short-paths Shorten paths in types
-stdin Read script from standard input
-strict-sequence Left-hand part of a sequence must have type unit
-no-strict-sequence Left-hand part of a sequence need not have type unit (default)
-strict-formats Reject invalid formats accepted by legacy implementations
(Warning: Invalid formats may behave differently from
previous OCaml versions, and will become always-rejected
in future OCaml versions. You should always use this flag
to detect invalid formats so you can fix them.)
-no-strict-formats Accept invalid formats accepted by legacy implementations (default)
(Warning: Invalid formats may behave differently from
previous OCaml versions, and will become always-rejected
in future OCaml versions. You should never use this flag
and instead fix invalid formats.)
-unboxed-types unannotated unboxable types will be unboxed
-no-unboxed-types unannotated unboxable types will not be unboxed (default)
-unsafe Do not compile bounds checking on array and string access
-unsafe-string (option not available)
-version Print version and exit
--version Print version and exit
-no-version Do not print version at startup
-vnum Print version number and exit
-w <list> Enable or disable warnings according to <list>:
+<spec> enable warnings in <spec>
-<spec> disable warnings in <spec>
@<spec> enable warnings in <spec> and treat them as errors
<spec> can be:
<num> a single warning number
<num1>..<num2> a range of consecutive warning numbers
<letter> a predefined set
default setting is "+a-4-7-9-27-29-30-32..42-44-45-48-50-60-66..70"
-warn-error <list> Enable or disable error status for warnings according
to <list>. See option -w for the syntax of <list>.
Default setting is "-a+31"
-warn-help Show description of warning numbers
- <file> Treat <file> as a file name (even if it starts with `-')
-color {auto|always|never} Enable or disable colors in compiler messages
The following settings are supported:
auto use heuristics to enable colors only if supported
always enable colors
never disable colors
The default setting is 'auto', and the current heuristic
checks that the TERM environment variable exists and is
not empty or "dumb", and that isatty(stderr) holds.
If the option is not specified, these setting can alternatively
be set through the OCAML_COLOR environment variable.
-error-style {contextual|short} Control the way error messages and warnings are printed
The following settings are supported:
short only print the error and its location
contextual like "short", but also display the source code
snippet corresponding to the location of the error
The default setting is 'contextual'.
If the option is not specified, these setting can alternatively
be set through the OCAML_ERROR_STYLE environment variable.
-dno-unique-ids (undocumented)
-dunique-ids (undocumented)
-dno-locations (undocumented)
-dlocations (undocumented)
-dsource (undocumented)
-dparsetree (undocumented)
-dtypedtree (undocumented)
-dshape (undocumented)
-drawlambda (undocumented)
-dlambda (undocumented)
-dinstr (undocumented)
-args <file> Read additional newline-terminated command line arguments
from <file>
-args0 <file> Read additional null character terminated command line arguments
from <file>
-e <script> Evaluate given script
-help Display this list of options
--help Display this list of options
Options (56)
| Option | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
-absname | Show absolute filenames in error messages. | help + man |
-alert list | Enable or disable alerts according to <list>: +<alertname> enable alert <alertname> | help |
-I dir | Add <dir> to the list of include directories | help |
-init file | Load <file> instead of default init file | help |
-labels | Labels are not ignored in types, labels may be used in applications, and labelled parameters can be given in any order. | help + man |
-alias-deps | Do record dependencies for module aliases | help |
-no-alias-deps | Do not record dependencies for module aliases | help |
-app-funct | Activate applicative functors | help |
-no-app-funct | Deactivates the applicative behaviour of functors. | help + man |
-noassert | Do not compile assertion checks. | help + man |
-noinit | Do not load any initialization file. | help + man |
-nolabels | Ignore non-optional labels in types. | help + man |
-noprompt | Do not display any prompt when waiting for input. | help + man |
-nopromptcont | Do not display the secondary prompt when waiting for continuation lines in multi-line inputs. | help + man |
-nostdlib | Do not include the standard library directory in the list of directories searched for source and compiled files. | help + man |
-nopervasives | (undocumented) | help |
-open module | Opens the module <module> before typing | help |
-ppx command | Pipe abstract syntax trees through preprocessor <command> | help |
-principal | Check information path during type-checking, to make sure that all types are derived in a principal way. | help + man |
-no-principal | Do not check principality of type inference (default) | help |
-rectypes | Allow arbitrary recursive types during type-checking. | help + man |
-no-rectypes | Do not allow arbitrary recursive types (default) | help |
-safe-string | Enforce the separation between types string and bytes, thereby making strings read-only. | help + man |
-short-paths | When a type is visible under several module-paths, use the shortest one when printing the type's name in inferred interfaces and error and warning messages. | help + man |
-stdin | Read the standard input as a script file rather than starting an interactive session. | help + man |
-strict-sequence | Force the left-hand part of each sequence to have type unit. | help + man |
-no-strict-sequence | Left-hand part of a sequence need not have type unit (default) | help |
-strict-formats | Reject invalid formats accepted by legacy implementations (Warning: Invalid formats may behave differently from previous OCaml versions, and will become always-rejected in future OCaml versions. | help |
-no-strict-formats | Accept invalid formats accepted by legacy implementations (default) (Warning: Invalid formats may behave differently from previous OCaml versions, and will become always-rejected in future OCaml… | help |
-unboxed-types | When a type is unboxable (i.e. a record with a single argument or a concrete datatype with a single constructor of one argument) it will be unboxed unless annotated with [@@ocaml.boxed]. | help + man |
-no-unboxed-types | When a type is unboxable it will be boxed unless annotated with [@@ocaml.unboxed]. | help + man |
-unsafe | Turn bound checking off on array and string accesses (the v.(i)ands.[i] constructs). | help + man |
-unsafe-string | Identify the types string and bytes, thereby making strings writable. | help + man |
-version | Print version string and exit. | help + man |
--version | Print version and exit | help |
-no-version | Do not print the version banner at startup. | help + man |
-vnum | Print short version number and exit. | help + man |
-w list | Enable or disable warnings according to <list>: +<spec> enable warnings in <spec> | help |
-warn-error list | Enable or disable error status for warnings according to <list>. | help |
-warn-help | Show the description of all available warning numbers. | help + man |
-color auto|always|never | Enable or disable colors in compiler messages The following settings are supported: auto use heuristics to enable colors only if supported always enable colors never disable colors The default… | help |
-error-style contextual|short | Control the way error messages and warnings are printed The following settings are supported: short only print the error and its location contextual like "short", but also display the source code… | help |
-dno-unique-ids | (undocumented) | help |
-dunique-ids | (undocumented) | help |
-dno-locations | (undocumented) | help |
-dlocations | (undocumented) | help |
-dsource | (undocumented) | help |
-dparsetree | (undocumented) | help |
-dtypedtree | (undocumented) | help |
-dshape | (undocumented) | help |
-drawlambda | (undocumented) | help |
-dlambda | (undocumented) | help |
-dinstr | (undocumented) | help |
-e script | Evaluate given script | help |
-help | Display this list of options | help |
--help | Display this list of options | help |