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3 -- GNAT COMPILER COMPONENTS --
9 -- $Revision: 1.1.16.1 $
11 -- Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc. --
13 -- GNAT is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under --
14 -- terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Soft- --
15 -- ware Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later ver- --
16 -- sion. GNAT is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITH- --
17 -- OUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY --
18 -- or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License --
19 -- for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General --
20 -- Public License distributed with GNAT; see file COPYING. If not, write --
21 -- to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, --
22 -- MA 02111-1307, USA. --
24 -- GNAT was originally developed by the GNAT team at New York University. --
25 -- Extensive contributions were provided by Ada Core Technologies Inc. --
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29 -- This program provides a simple command interface for using GNAT and its
30 -- associated utilities. The format of switches accepted is intended to
31 -- be more familiar in style for VMS and DOS users than the standard Unix
32 -- style switches that are accepted directly.
34 -- The program is typically called GNAT when it is installed and
35 -- the two possibile styles of use are:
39 -- GNAT filename switches
41 -- To call the tool gnatxxx
43 -- GNAT xxx filename switches
45 -- where xxx is the command name (e.g. MAKE for gnatmake). This command name
46 -- can be abbreviated by giving a prefix (e.g. GNAT MAK) as long as it
49 -- In both cases, filename is in the format appropriate to the operating
50 -- system in use. The individual commands give more details. In some cases
51 -- a unit name may be given in place of a file name.
53 -- The switches start with a slash. Switch names can also be abbreviated
54 -- where no ambiguity arises. The switches associated with each command
55 -- are specified by the tables that can be found in the body.
57 -- Although by convention we use upper case for command names and switches
58 -- in the documentation, all command and switch names are case insensitive
59 -- and may be given in upper case or lower case or a mixture.