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26.Dd September 4, 2018
27.Dt CW 1ONBLD
28.Os
29.Sh NAME
30.Nm cw
31.Nd invoke one or more compilers with argument translation
32.Sh SYNOPSIS
33.Nm cw
34.Op Fl C
35.Op Fl -versions
36.Op Fl -noecho
37.Fl -primary Ar compiler
38.Op Fl -shadow Ar compiler ...
39.Fl -
40.Ar compiler args ...
41.Sh DESCRIPTION
42.Nm cw
43is a facility for invoking one or more compilers, providing translation from
44Sun style arguments as appropriate.
45This allows the use of arbitrary compilers without the need to alter large
46numbers of makefiles.
47A mode called shadow compilation invokes multiple compilers so that warnings
48and errors may be obtained from all of them.
49See
50.Sx SHADOW COMPILATION
51for details.
52This version of cw supports compilers with both Sun Studio 12 and GCC-style
53command lines.
54.Sh ARGUMENTS
55Both the
56.Fl -primary
57and
58.Fl -shadow
59parameters take a
60.Em compiler specification .
61This is a comma-separated list of the form
62.Ar name,executable,style
63Where
64.Ar name
65is a name for the compiler,
66.Ar executable
67is the full path to the compiler executable, and
68.Ar style
69is the style of command-line options the compiler expects, either
70.Em sun
71or
72.Em gnu .
73.Bl -tag -width indent
74.It Fl -primary Ar compiler
75Specify the compiler to be used primarily (that which is used for link-editing
76and pre-processing, and whos objects we deliver).
77.It Fl -shadow Ar compiler
78Specify a shadow compiler, which builds sources for the sake of checking code
79quality and compatibility, but has its output discarded.
80.It Fl -noecho
81Do not echo the actual command line of any compilers invoked.
82.It Fl -versions
83Request from each configured primary and shadow compiler its version
84information.
85.It Fl C
86The sources being compiled are C++.  This is necessary as it affects the
87translation of compiler arguments.
88.It Fl -
89Arguments intended for the compilers themselves must be separated from those
90of
91.Nm cw
92by a
93.Fl - .
94.It Fl _name=
95.It Fl _style=
96Parameters intended for the compiler be guarded with options of the form
97.Fl _name=
98and
99.Fl _style=
100Where
101.Em name
102and
103.Em style
104are those passed to
105.Fl -primary
106and
107.Fl -shadow
108this allows certain flags to be passed only to certain classes of compiler.
109.Pp
110For historical reasons, the
111.Fl _style=
112option is also translated such that a style of
113.Em sun
114may use the flag
115.Fl _cc=
116and a style of
117.Em gnu
118may use the flag
119.Fl _gcc= ,
120and when the
121.Fl C
122option is given and C++ is in use the style of
123.Em sun
124may use the flag
125.Fl _CC=
126and the style of
127.Em gnu
128may use the flag
129.Fl _g++= .
130.El
131.Sh SHADOW COMPILATION
132If
133.Fl -shadow
134compilers are specified
135.Nm cw
136will invoke each shadow compiler, with the outputs modified (as well as any
137translation for compiler style) as follows:
138.Bl -enum
139.It
140If
141.Nm cw
142is invoked to link-edit without compilation (the input files are all objects),
143the shadow compiler is not invoked.
144.It
145If the
146.Fl o Ar filename
147option was provided, with or without a separating space, it will be replaced with
148.Fl o Ar tempfile
149.It
150If the option
151.Fl o
152was not provided,
153.Fl o Ar tempfile
154will be added to the end of the argument list used to invoke
155the shadow compilers.
156.El
157When shadow compilation is in effect,
158.Nm cw
159writes to standard error each compiler's standard error output following its
160argument list.
161Messages from the compilers will not be interleaved.
162If
163.Nm cw
164is used to invoke the preprocessor and no output location is specified,
165.Nm cw
166will write to standard output the primary compiler's standard output.
167.Pp
168Because the Sun compilers write intermediate objects to fixed
169filenames in the current directory when instructed to compile and
170link multiple source files via a single command line, it would be
171unsafe to invoke more than one compiler in this fashion.
172Therefore
173.Nm cw
174does not accept multiple source files unless the preprocessor is to be
175invoked.
176An attempt to invoke
177.Nm cw
178in this manner will result in an error.
179.Sh ARGUMENT TRANSLATION
180If the compiler to be invoked is a GNU-style C or C++ compiler, a set of
181default flags is added to the beginning of the argument list, and the
182remaining arguments are translated to their closest appropriate
183semantic equivalents and passed in the same order as their
184counterparts given to
185.Nm cw .
186See the comments at the head of
187.Pa usr/src/tools/cw/cw.c
188for a detailed list of translations.
189.Sh ENVIRONMENT
190.Bl -tag -width indent
191.It CW_SHADOW_SERIAL
192If this variable is set in the environment, invoke the primary compiler, wait
193for it to complete, then invoke the shadow compilers.
194Normally the primary and shadow compilers are invoked in parallel.
195.It CW_NO_EXEC
196f this variable is set in the environment, write the usual output to
197standard error but do not actually invoke any compiler.
198This is useful for debugging the translation engine.
199.El
200.Sh EXIT STATUS
201The following exit status values are returned:
202.Bl -tag -width indent
203.It 0
204The primary compiler, and shadow compilers if invoked, all completed
205successfully.
206.It >0
207A usage error occurred, or one or more compilers returned a nonzero
208exit status.
209.El
210.Sh SEE ALSO
211.Xr cc 1 ,
212.Xr CC 1 ,
213.Xr gcc 1
214.Sh BUGS
215The translations provided for gcc are not always exact and in some cases
216reflect local policy rather than actual equivalence.
217.Pp
218Additional compiler types should be supported.
219.Pp
220The translation engine is hacky.
221