#!/home/centos/perldoc-browser/perls/5.6.0/bin/perl eval 'exec /home/centos/perldoc-browser/perls/5.6.0/bin/perl -S $0 ${1+"$@"}' if $running_under_some_shell; use Config; use strict; use FileHandle; use File::Basename qw(&basename &dirname); use Cwd; use Getopt::Long; $Getopt::Long::bundling_override = 1; $Getopt::Long::passthrough = 0; $Getopt::Long::ignore_case = 0; my $pathsep = ($Config{'osname'} eq 'MSWin32')? "\\" : "/"; # MAJOR HACK. SHOULD # BE IN Config.pm my $options = {}; my $_fh; unshift @ARGV, split ' ', $ENV{PERLCC_OPTS} if $ENV{PERLCC_OPTS}; main(); sub main { GetOptions ( $options, "L:s", "I:s", "C:s", "o:s", "e:s", "regex:s", "verbose:s", "log:s", "argv:s", "b", "opt", "gen", "sav", "run", "prog", "mod" ); my $key; local($") = "|"; _usage() if (!_checkopts()); push(@ARGV, _maketempfile()) if ($options->{'e'}); _usage() if (!@ARGV); my $file; foreach $file (@ARGV) { _print(" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Compiling $file: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ", 36 ); _doit($file); } } sub _doit { my ($file) = @_; my ($program_ext, $module_ext) = _getRegexps(); my ($obj, $objfile, $so, $type, $backend, $gentype); $backend = $options->{'b'} ? 'Bytecode' : $options->{'opt'} ? 'CC' : 'C'; $gentype = $options->{'b'} ? 'Bytecode' : 'C'; if ( (($file =~ m"@$program_ext") && ($file !~ m"@$module_ext")) || (defined($options->{'prog'}) || defined($options->{'run'})) ) { $type = 'program'; if ($options->{'b'}) { $obj = $objfile = $options->{'o'} ? $options->{'o'} : "${file}c"; } else { $objfile = $options->{'C'} ? $options->{'C'} : "$file.c"; $obj = $options->{'o'} ? $options->{'o'} : _getExecutable( $file,$program_ext); } return() if (!$obj); } elsif (($file =~ m"@$module_ext") || ($options->{'mod'})) { $type = 'module'; if ($options->{'b'}) { $obj = $objfile = $options->{'o'} ? $options->{'o'} : "${file}c"; } else { die "Shared objects are not supported on Win32 yet!!!!\n" if ($Config{'osname'} eq 'MSWin32'); $objfile = $options->{'C'} ? $options->{'C'} : "$file.c"; $obj = $options->{'o'} ? $options->{'o'} : _getExecutable($file, $module_ext); $so = "$obj.$Config{so}"; } return() if (!$obj); } else { _error("noextension", $file, $program_ext, $module_ext); return(); } if ($type eq 'program') { _print("Making $gentype($objfile) for $file!\n", 36 ); my $errcode = _createCode($backend, $objfile, $file); (_print( "ERROR: In generating code for $file!\n", -1), return()) if ($errcode); _print("Compiling C($obj) for $file!\n", 36 ) if (!$options->{'gen'} && !$options->{'b'}); $errcode = _compileCode($file, $objfile, $obj) if (!$options->{'gen'} && !$options->{'b'}); if ($errcode) { _print( "ERROR: In compiling code for $objfile !\n", -1); my $ofile = File::Basename::basename($objfile); $ofile =~ s"\.c$"\.o"s; _removeCode("$ofile"); return() } _runCode($objfile) if ($options->{'run'} && $options->{'b'}); _runCode($obj) if ($options->{'run'} && !$options->{'b'}); _removeCode($objfile) if (($options->{'b'} && ($options->{'e'} && !$options->{'o'})) || (!$options->{'b'} && (!$options->{'sav'} || ($options->{'e'} && !$options->{'C'})))); _removeCode($file) if ($options->{'e'}); _removeCode($obj) if (!$options->{'b'} && (($options->{'e'} && !$options->{'sav'} && !$options->{'o'}) || ($options->{'run'} && !$options->{'sav'}))); } else { _print( "Making $gentype($objfile) for $file!\n", 36 ); my $errcode = _createCode($backend, $objfile, $file, $obj); (_print( "ERROR: In generating code for $file!\n", -1), return()) if ($errcode); _print( "Compiling C($so) for $file!\n", 36 ) if (!$options->{'gen'} && !$options->{'b'}); $errcode = _compileCode($file, $objfile, $obj, $so ) if (!$options->{'gen'} && !$options->{'b'}); (_print( "ERROR: In compiling code for $objfile!\n", -1), return()) if ($errcode); } } sub _getExecutable { my ($sourceprog, $ext) = @_; my ($obj); if (defined($options->{'regex'})) { eval("(\$obj = \$sourceprog) =~ $options->{'regex'}"); return(0) if (_error('badeval', $@)); return(0) if (_error('equal', $obj, $sourceprog)); } elsif (defined ($options->{'ext'})) { ($obj = $sourceprog) =~ s"@$ext"$options->{ext}"g; return(0) if (_error('equal', $obj, $sourceprog)); } elsif (defined ($options->{'run'})) { $obj = "perlc$$"; } else { ($obj = $sourceprog) =~ s"@$ext""g; return(0) if (_error('equal', $obj, $sourceprog)); } return($obj); } sub _createCode { my ( $backend, $generated_file, $file, $final_output ) = @_; my $return; my $output_switch = "o"; my $max_line_len = ''; local($") = " -I"; if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && $backend =~ /^CC?$/ && $Config{cc} =~ /^cl/i) { $max_line_len = '-l2000,'; } if ($backend eq "Bytecode") { require ByteLoader; open(GENFILE, "> $generated_file") || die "Can't open $generated_file: $!"; binmode GENFILE; print GENFILE "#!$^X\n" if @_ == 3; print GENFILE "use ByteLoader $ByteLoader::VERSION;\n"; close(GENFILE); $output_switch ="a"; } if (@_ == 3) # compiling a program { chmod $generated_file, 0777 & ~umask if $backend eq "Bytecode"; my $null=File::Spec->devnull; _print( "$^X -I@INC -MB::Stash -c $file\n", 36); my @stash=`$^X -I@INC -MB::Stash -c $file 2>$null`; my $stash=$stash[-1]; chomp $stash; _print( "$^X -I@INC -MO=$backend,$max_line_len$stash $file\n", 36); $return = _run("$^X -I@INC -MO=$backend,$max_line_len$stash,-$output_switch$generated_file $file", 9); $return; } else # compiling a shared object { _print( "$^X -I@INC -MO=$backend,$max_line_len-m$final_output $file\n", 36); $return = _run("$^X -I@INC -MO=$backend,$max_line_len-m$final_output,-$output_switch$generated_file $file ", 9); $return; } } sub _compileCode { my ($sourceprog, $generated_cfile, $output_executable, $shared_object) = @_; my @return; if (@_ == 3) # just compiling a program { $return[0] = _ccharness('static', $sourceprog, "-o", $output_executable, $generated_cfile); $return[0]; } else { my $object_file = $generated_cfile; $object_file =~ s"\.c$"$Config{_o}"; $return[0] = _ccharness('compile', $sourceprog, "-c", $generated_cfile); $return[1] = _ccharness ( 'dynamic', $sourceprog, "-o", $shared_object, $object_file ); return(1) if (grep ($_, @return)); return(0); } } sub _runCode { my ($executable) = @_; _print("$executable $options->{'argv'}\n", 36); _run("$executable $options->{'argv'}", -1 ); } sub _removeCode { my ($file) = @_; unlink($file) if (-e $file); } sub _ccharness { my $type = shift; my (@args) = @_; local($") = " "; my $sourceprog = shift(@args); my ($libdir, $incdir); my $L = '-L'; $L = '-libpath:' if $^O eq 'MSWin32' && $Config{cc} =~ /^cl/i; if (-d "$Config{installarchlib}/CORE") { $libdir = "$L$Config{installarchlib}/CORE"; $incdir = "-I$Config{installarchlib}/CORE"; } else { $libdir = "$L.. $L."; $incdir = "-I.. -I."; } $libdir .= " $L$options->{L}" if (defined($options->{L})); $incdir .= " -I$options->{L}" if (defined($options->{L})); my $linkargs = ''; my $dynaloader = ''; my $optimize = ''; my $flags = ''; if (!grep(/^-[cS]$/, @args)) { my $lperl = $^O eq 'os2' ? '-llibperl' : $^O eq 'MSWin32' ? "$Config{archlibexp}\\CORE\\$Config{libperl}" : '-lperl'; ($lperl = $Config{libperl}) =~ s/lib(.*)\Q$Config{_a}\E/-l$1/ if($^O eq 'cygwin'); $optimize = $Config{'optimize'} =~ /-O\d/ ? '' : $Config{'optimize'}; $flags = $type eq 'dynamic' ? $Config{lddlflags} : $Config{ldflags}; $linkargs = "$flags $libdir $lperl @Config{libs}"; $linkargs = "/link $linkargs" if $^O eq 'MSWin32' && $Config{cc} =~ /^cl/i; } my $libs = _getSharedObjects($sourceprog); @$libs = grep { !(/DynaLoader\.a$/ && ($dynaloader = $_)) } @$libs if($^O eq 'cygwin'); my $args = "@args"; if ($^O eq 'MSWin32' && $Config{cc} =~ /^bcc/i) { # BC++ cmd line syntax does not allow space between -[oexz...] and arg $args =~ s/(^|\s+)-([oe])\s+/$1-$2/g; } my $ccflags = $Config{ccflags}; $ccflags .= ' -DUSEIMPORTLIB' if $^O eq 'cygwin'; my $cccmd = "$Config{cc} $ccflags $optimize $incdir " ."$args $dynaloader $linkargs @$libs"; _print ("$cccmd\n", 36); _run("$cccmd", 18 ); } sub _getSharedObjects { my ($sourceprog) = @_; my ($tmpfile, $incfile); my (@sharedobjects, @libraries); local($") = " -I"; my ($tmpprog); ($tmpprog = $sourceprog) =~ s"(.*)[\\/](.*)"$2"; my $tempdir= File::Spec->tmpdir; $tmpfile = "$tempdir/$tmpprog.tst"; $incfile = "$tempdir/$tmpprog.val"; my $fd = new FileHandle("> $tmpfile") || die "Couldn't open $tmpfile!\n"; my $fd2 = new FileHandle("$sourceprog") || die "Couldn't open $sourceprog!\n"; print $fd <<"EOF"; use FileHandle; my \$fh3 = new FileHandle("> $incfile") || die "Couldn't open $incfile\\n"; my \$key; foreach \$key (keys(\%INC)) { print \$fh3 "\$key:\$INC{\$key}\\n"; } close(\$fh3); exit(); EOF print $fd ( <$fd2> ); close($fd); _print("$^X -I@INC $tmpfile\n", 36); _run("$^X -I@INC $tmpfile", 9 ); $fd = new FileHandle ("$incfile"); my @lines = <$fd>; unlink($tmpfile); unlink($incfile); my $line; my $autolib; my @return; foreach $line (@lines) { chomp($line); my ($modname, $modpath) = split(':', $line); my ($dir, $file) = ($modpath=~ m"(.*)[\\/]($modname)"); if ($autolib = _lookforAuto($dir, $file)) { push(@return, $autolib); } } return(\@return); } sub _maketempfile { my $return; # if ($Config{'osname'} eq 'MSWin32') # { $return = "C:\\TEMP\\comp$$.p"; } # else # { $return = "/tmp/comp$$.p"; } $return = "comp$$.p"; my $fd = new FileHandle( "> $return") || die "Couldn't open $return!\n"; print $fd $options->{'e'}; close($fd); return($return); } sub _lookforAuto { my ($dir, $file) = @_; my ($relabs, $relshared); my ($prefix); my $return; my $sharedextension = $^O =~ /MSWin32|cygwin|os2/i ? $Config{_a} : ".$Config{so}"; ($prefix = $file) =~ s"(.*)\.pm"$1"; my ($tmp, $modname) = ($prefix =~ m"(?:(.*)[\\/]){0,1}(.*)"s); $relshared = "$pathsep$prefix$pathsep$modname$sharedextension"; $relabs = "$pathsep$prefix$pathsep$modname$Config{_a}"; # HACK . WHY DOES _a HAVE A '.' # AND so HAVE NONE?? my @searchpaths = map("$_${pathsep}auto", @INC); my $path; foreach $path (@searchpaths) { if (-e ($return = "$path$relshared")) { return($return); } if (-e ($return = "$path$relabs")) { return($return); } } return(undef); } sub _getRegexps # make the appropriate regexps for making executables, { # shared libs my ($program_ext, $module_ext) = ([],[]); @$program_ext = ($ENV{PERL_SCRIPT_EXT})? split(':', $ENV{PERL_SCRIPT_EXT}) : ('.p$', '.pl$', '.bat$'); @$module_ext = ($ENV{PERL_MODULE_EXT})? split(':', $ENV{PERL_MODULE_EXT}) : ('.pm$'); _mungeRegexp( $program_ext ); _mungeRegexp( $module_ext ); return($program_ext, $module_ext); } sub _mungeRegexp { my ($regexp) = @_; grep(s:(^|[^\\])\.:$1\x00\\.:g, @$regexp); grep(s:(^|[^\x00])\\\.:$1\.:g, @$regexp); grep(s:\x00::g, @$regexp); } sub _error { my ($type, @args) = @_; if ($type eq 'equal') { if ($args[0] eq $args[1]) { _print ("ERROR: The object file '$args[0]' does not generate a legitimate executable file! Skipping!\n", -1); return(1); } } elsif ($type eq 'badeval') { if ($args[0]) { _print ("ERROR: $args[0]\n", -1); return(1); } } elsif ($type eq 'noextension') { my $progext = join(',', @{$args[1]}); my $modext = join(',', @{$args[2]}); $progext =~ s"\\""g; $modext =~ s"\\""g; $progext =~ s"\$""g; $modext =~ s"\$""g; _print ( " ERROR: '$args[0]' does not have a proper extension! Proper extensions are: PROGRAM: $progext SHARED OBJECT: $modext Use the '-prog' flag to force your files to be interpreted as programs. Use the '-mod' flag to force your files to be interpreted as modules. ", -1 ); return(1); } return(0); } sub _checkopts { my @errors; local($") = "\n"; if ($options->{'log'}) { $_fh = new FileHandle(">> $options->{'log'}") || push(@errors, "ERROR: Couldn't open $options->{'log'}\n"); } if ($options->{'b'} && $options->{'c'}) { push(@errors, "ERROR: The '-b' and '-c' options are incompatible. The '-c' option specifies a name for the intermediate C code but '-b' generates byte code directly.\n"); } if ($options->{'b'} && ($options->{'sav'} || $options->{'gen'})) { push(@errors, "ERROR: The '-sav' and '-gen' options are incompatible with the '-b' option. They ask for intermediate C code to be saved by '-b' generates byte code directly.\n"); } if (($options->{'c'}) && (@ARGV > 1) && ($options->{'sav'} )) { push(@errors, "ERROR: The '-sav' and '-C' options are incompatible when you have more than one input file! ('-C' explicitly names resulting C code, '-sav' saves it, and hence, with more than one file, the c code will be overwritten for each file that you compile)\n"); } if (($options->{'o'}) && (@ARGV > 1)) { push(@errors, "ERROR: The '-o' option is incompatible when you have more than one input file! (-o explicitly names the resulting file, hence, with more than one file the names clash)\n"); } if ($options->{'e'} && ($options->{'sav'} || $options->{'gen'}) && !$options->{'C'}) { push(@errors, "ERROR: You need to specify where you are going to save the resulting C code when using '-sav' and '-e'. Use '-C'.\n"); } if (($options->{'regex'} || $options->{'run'} || $options->{'o'}) && $options->{'gen'}) { push(@errors, "ERROR: The options '-regex', '-run', and '-o' are incompatible with '-gen'. '-gen' says to stop at C generation, and the other three modify the compilation and/or running process!\n"); } if ($options->{'run'} && $options->{'mod'}) { push(@errors, "ERROR: Can't run modules that you are compiling! '-run' and '-mod' are incompatible!\n"); } if ($options->{'e'} && @ARGV) { push (@errors, "ERROR: The option '-e' needs to be all by itself without any other file arguments!\n"); } if ($options->{'e'} && !($options->{'o'} || $options->{'run'})) { $options->{'run'} = 1; } if (!defined($options->{'verbose'})) { $options->{'verbose'} = ($options->{'log'})? 64 : 7; } my $verbose_error; if ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"[^tagfcd]" && !( $options->{'verbose'} eq '0' || ($options->{'verbose'} < 64 && $options->{'verbose'} > 0))) { $verbose_error = 1; push(@errors, "ERROR: Illegal verbosity level. Needs to have either the letters 't','a','g','f','c', or 'd' in it or be between 0 and 63, inclusive.\n"); } $options->{'verbose'} = ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"[tagfcd]")? ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"d") * 32 + ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"c") * 16 + ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"f") * 8 + ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"t") * 4 + ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"a") * 2 + ($options->{'verbose'} =~ m"g") * 1 : $options->{'verbose'}; if (!$verbose_error && ( $options->{'log'} && !( ($options->{'verbose'} & 8) || ($options->{'verbose'} & 16) || ($options->{'verbose'} & 32 ) ) ) ) { push(@errors, "ERROR: The verbosity level '$options->{'verbose'}' does not output anything to a logfile, and you specified '-log'!\n"); } # } if (!$verbose_error && ( !$options->{'log'} && ( ($options->{'verbose'} & 8) || ($options->{'verbose'} & 16) || ($options->{'verbose'} & 32) || ($options->{'verbose'} & 64) ) ) ) { push(@errors, "ERROR: The verbosity level '$options->{'verbose'}' requires that you also specify a logfile via '-log'\n"); } # } (_print( "\n". join("\n", @errors), -1), return(0)) if (@errors); return(1); } sub _print { my ($text, $flag ) = @_; my $logflag = int($flag/8) * 8; my $regflag = $flag % 8; if ($flag == -1 || ($flag & $options->{'verbose'})) { my $dolog = ((($logflag & $options->{'verbose'}) || $flag == -1) && $options->{'log'}); my $doreg = (($regflag & $options->{'verbose'}) || $flag == -1); if ($doreg) { print( STDERR $text ); } if ($dolog) { print $_fh $text; } } } sub _run { my ($command, $flag) = @_; my $logflag = ($flag != -1)? int($flag/8) * 8 : 0; my $regflag = $flag % 8; if ($flag == -1 || ($flag & $options->{'verbose'})) { my $dolog = ($logflag & $options->{'verbose'} && $options->{'log'}); my $doreg = (($regflag & $options->{'verbose'}) || $flag == -1); if ($doreg && !$dolog) { print _interruptrun("$command"); } elsif ($doreg && $dolog) { my $text = _interruptrun($command); print $_fh $text; print STDERR $text; } else { my $text = _interruptrun($command); print $_fh $text; } } else { _interruptrun($command); } return($?); } sub _interruptrun { my ($command) = @_; my $pid = open (FD, "$command |"); local($SIG{HUP}) = sub { # kill 9, $pid + 1; # HACK... 2>&1 doesn't propogate # kill, comment out for quick and dirty # process killing of child. kill 9, $pid; exit(); }; local($SIG{INT}) = sub { # kill 9, $pid + 1; # HACK... 2>&1 doesn't propogate # kill, comment out for quick and dirty # process killing of child. kill 9, $pid; exit(); }; my $needalarm = ($ENV{'PERLCC_TIMEOUT'} && $Config{'osname'} ne 'MSWin32' && $command =~ m"^perlc"); my $text; eval { local($SIG{ALRM}) = sub { die "INFINITE LOOP"; }; alarm($ENV{'PERLCC_TIMEOUT'}) if ($needalarm); $text = join('', ); alarm(0) if ($needalarm); }; if ($@) { eval { kill 'HUP', $pid; }; _print("SYSTEM TIMEOUT (infinite loop?)\n", 36); } close(FD); return($text); } sub _usage { _print ( <<"EOF" Usage: $0 WARNING: The whole compiler suite ('perlcc' included) is considered VERY experimental. Use for production purposes is strongly discouraged. Flags with arguments -L < extra library dirs for installation (form of 'dir1:dir2') > -I < extra include dirs for installation (form of 'dir1:dir2') > -C < explicit name of resulting C code > -o < explicit name of resulting executable > -e < to compile 'one liners'. Need executable name (-o) or '-run'> -regex < rename regex, -regex 's/\.p/\.exe/' compiles a.p to a.exe > -verbose < verbose level < 1-63, or following letters 'gatfcd' > -argv < arguments for the executables to be run via '-run' or '-e' > Boolean flags -b ( to generate byte code ) -opt ( to generated optimised C code. May not work in some cases. ) -gen ( to just generate the C code. Implies '-sav' ) -sav ( to save intermediate C code, (and executables with '-run')) -run ( to run the compiled program on the fly, as were interpreted.) -prog ( to indicate that the files on command line are programs ) -mod ( to indicate that the files on command line are modules ) EOF , -1 ); exit(255); } __END__ =head1 NAME perlcc - frontend for perl compiler =head1 SYNOPSIS %prompt perlcc a.p # compiles into executable 'a' %prompt perlcc A.pm # compile into 'A.so' %prompt perlcc a.p -o execute # compiles 'a.p' into 'execute'. %prompt perlcc a.p -o execute -run # compiles 'a.p' into execute, runs on # the fly %prompt perlcc a.p -o execute -run -argv 'arg1 arg2 arg3' # compiles into execute, runs with # arg1 arg2 arg3 as @ARGV %prompt perlcc a.p b.p c.p -regex 's/\.p/\.exe' # compiles into 'a.exe','b.exe','c.exe'. %prompt perlcc a.p -log compilelog # compiles into 'a', saves compilation # info into compilelog, as well # as mirroring to screen %prompt perlcc a.p -log compilelog -verbose cdf # compiles into 'a', saves compilation # info into compilelog, being silent # on screen. %prompt perlcc a.p -C a.c -gen # generates C code (into a.c) and # stops without compile. %prompt perlcc a.p -L ../lib a.c # Compiles with the perl libraries # inside ../lib included. =head1 DESCRIPTION 'perlcc' is the frontend into the perl compiler. Typing 'perlcc a.p' compiles the code inside a.p into a standalone executable, and perlcc A.pm will compile into a shared object, A.so, suitable for inclusion into a perl program via "use A". There are quite a few flags to perlcc which help with such issues as compiling programs in bulk, testing compiled programs for compatibility with the interpreter, and controlling. =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item -L < library_directories > Adds directories in B to the compilation command. =item -I < include_directories > Adds directories inside B to the compilation command. =item -C < c_code_name > Explicitly gives the name B to the generated file containing the C code which is to be compiled. Can only be used if compiling one file on the command line. =item -o < executable_name > Explicitly gives the name B to the executable which is to be compiled. Can only be used if compiling one file on the command line. =item -e < perl_line_to_execute> Compiles 'one liners', in the same way that B runs text strings at the command line. Default is to have the 'one liner' be compiled, and run all in one go (see B<-run>); giving the B<-o> flag saves the resultant executable, rather than throwing it away. Use '-argv' to pass arguments to the executable created. =item -b Generates bytecode instead of C code. =item -opt Uses the optimized C backend (C)rather than the simple C backend (C). Beware that the optimized C backend creates very large switch structures and structure initializations. Many C compilers find it a challenge to compile the resulting output in finite amounts of time. Many Perl features such as C are also not supported by the optimized C backend. The simple C backend should work in more instances, but can only offer modest speed increases. =item -regex Gives a rule B - which is a legal perl regular expression - to create executable file names. =item -verbose Show exactly what steps perlcc is taking to compile your code. You can change the verbosity level B much in the same way that the C<-D> switch changes perl's debugging level, by giving either a number which is the sum of bits you want or a list of letters representing what you wish to see. Here are the verbosity levels so far : Bit 1(g): Code Generation Errors to STDERR Bit 2(a): Compilation Errors to STDERR Bit 4(t): Descriptive text to STDERR Bit 8(f): Code Generation Errors to file (B<-log> flag needed) Bit 16(c): Compilation Errors to file (B<-log> flag needed) Bit 32(d): Descriptive text to file (B<-log> flag needed) If the B<-log> tag is given, the default verbose level is 63 (ie: mirroring all of perlcc's output to both the screen and to a log file). If no B<-log> tag is given, then the default verbose level is 7 (ie: outputting all of perlcc's output to STDERR). NOTE: Because of buffering concerns, you CANNOT shadow the output of '-run' to both a file, and to the screen! Suggestions are welcome on how to overcome this difficulty, but for now it simply does not work properly, and hence will only go to the screen. =item -log Opens, for append, a logfile to save some or all of the text for a given compile command. No rewrite version is available, so this needs to be done manually. =item -argv In combination with C<-run> or C<-e>, tells perlcc to run the resulting executable with the string B as @ARGV. =item -sav Tells perl to save the intermediate C code. Usually, this C code is the name of the perl code, plus '.c'; 'perlcode.p' gets generated in 'perlcode.p.c', for example. If used with the C<-e> operator, you need to tell perlcc where to save resulting executables. =item -gen Tells perlcc to only create the intermediate C code, and not compile the results. Does an implicit B<-sav>, saving the C code rather than deleting it. =item -run Immediately run the perl code that has been generated. NOTE: IF YOU GIVE THE B<-run> FLAG TO B, THEN THE REST OF @ARGV WILL BE INTERPRETED AS ARGUMENTS TO THE PROGRAM THAT YOU ARE COMPILING. =item -prog Indicate that the programs at the command line are programs, and should be compiled as such. B will automatically determine files to be programs if they have B<.p>, B<.pl>, B<.bat> extensions. =item -mod Indicate that the programs at the command line are modules, and should be compiled as such. B will automatically determine files to be modules if they have the extension B<.pm>. =back =head1 ENVIRONMENT Most of the work of B is done at the command line. However, you can change the heuristic which determines what is a module and what is a program. As indicated above, B assumes that the extensions: .p$, .pl$, and .bat$ indicate a perl program, and: .pm$ indicate a library, for the purposes of creating executables. And furthermore, by default, these extensions will be replaced (and dropped) in the process of creating an executable. To change the extensions which are programs, and which are modules, set the environmental variables: PERL_SCRIPT_EXT PERL_MODULE_EXT These two environmental variables take colon-separated, legal perl regular expressions, and are used by perlcc to decide which objects are which. For example: setenv PERL_SCRIPT_EXT '.prl$:.perl$' prompt% perlcc sample.perl will compile the script 'sample.perl' into the executable 'sample', and setenv PERL_MODULE_EXT '.perlmod$:.perlmodule$' prompt% perlcc sample.perlmod will compile the module 'sample.perlmod' into the shared object 'sample.so' NOTE: the '.' in the regular expressions for PERL_SCRIPT_EXT and PERL_MODULE_EXT is a literal '.', and not a wild-card. To get a true wild-card, you need to backslash the '.'; as in: setenv PERL_SCRIPT_EXT '\.\.\.\.\.' which would have the effect of compiling ANYTHING (except what is in PERL_MODULE_EXT) into an executable with 5 less characters in its name. The PERLCC_OPTS environment variable can be set to the default flags that must be used by the compiler. The PERLCC_TIMEOUT environment variable can be set to the number of seconds to wait for the backends before giving up. This is sometimes necessary to avoid some compilers taking forever to compile the generated output. May not work on Windows and similar platforms. =head1 FILES 'perlcc' uses a temporary file when you use the B<-e> option to evaluate text and compile it. This temporary file is 'perlc$$.p'. The temporary C code is perlc$$.p.c, and the temporary executable is perlc$$. When you use '-run' and don't save your executable, the temporary executable is perlc$$ =head1 BUGS The whole compiler suite (C included) should be considered very experimental. Use for production purposes is strongly discouraged. perlcc currently cannot compile shared objects on Win32. This should be fixed in future. Bugs in the various compiler backends still exist, and are perhaps too numerous to list here. =cut