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