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OCAMLBUILD(1) FreeBSD General Commands Manual OCAMLBUILD(1)

ocamlbuild - The OCaml project compilation tool

ocamlbuild [ -Is  dir1,... ] [ -libs lib1,... ] [ -lflags flag1,... ] [ -pp flags ] [ -tags tag1,... ] [ -j  parallel-jobs ] target.native [ -- arg1 arg2 ... ]

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ocamlbuild(1) orchestrates the compilation process of your OCaml project. It is similar in function to make(1) except that it is tailor-made to automatically compile most OCaml projects with very little user input.

ocamlbuild should be invoked in the root of a clean project tree (e.g., with no leftover compilation files). Given one or more targets to compile, it scans the required subdirectories to gather information about the various files present, running tools such as ocamldep(1) to extract dependency information, and gathering optional files that fine-tune its behaviour. Target names are very significant.

ocamlbuild uses a set of target naming conventions to select the kind of objects to produce. Target names are of the form base.extension where base is usually the name of the underlying OCaml module and extension denotes the kind of object to produce from that file -- a byte code executable, a native executable, documentation... Of course extensions such as .cmo, .cma, .cmi... map to their usual counterparts. Here is a list of the most important ocamlbuild-specific extensions:

.native
Native code executable

.byte
Byte code executable

.inferred.mli
Interface inferred with ocamlc-i

.docdir/index.html
HTML documentation generated with ocamldoc

The following command-line options are recognized by ocamlbuild(1).

-version
Display the version
--version
same as -version
-vnum
Display the version number
--vnum
same as -vnum
-quiet
Make as quiet as possible
-verbose <level>
Set the verbosity level on a scale from 0 to 8 (included)
-documentation
Show rules and flags
-log <file>
Set log file
-no-log
No log file
-clean
Remove build directory and other files, then exit
-r
Traverse directories by default (true: traverse)
-I <path>
Add to include directories
-Is <path,...>
(same as above, but accepts a (comma or blank)-separated list)
-X <path>
Directory to ignore
-Xs <path,...>
(idem)
-lib <flag>
Link to this ocaml library
-libs <flag,...>
(idem)
-mod <module>
Link to this ocaml module
-mods <module,...>
(idem)
-pkg <package>
Link to this ocaml findlib package
-pkgs <package,...>
(idem)
-package <package>
(idem)
-syntax <syntax>
Specify syntax using ocamlfind
-lflag <flag>
Add to ocamlc link flags
-lflags <flag,...>
(idem)
-cflag <flag>
Add to ocamlc compile flags
-cflags <flag,...>
(idem)
-docflag <flag>
Add to ocamldoc flags
-docflags <flag,...>
(idem)
-yaccflag <flag>
Add to ocamlyacc flags
-yaccflags <flag,...>
(idem)
-lexflag <flag>
Add to ocamllex flags
-lexflags <flag,...>
(idem)
-ppflag <flag>
Add to ocaml preprocessing flags
-pp <flag,...>
(idem)
-tag <tag>
Add to default tags
-tags <tag,...>
(idem)
-plugin-tag <tag>
Use this tag when compiling the myocamlbuild.ml plugin
-plugin-tags <tag,...>
(idem)
-tag-line <tag>
Use this line of tags (as in _tags)
-show-tags <path>
Show tags that applies on that pathname
-ignore <module,...>
Don't try to build these modules
-no-links
Don't make links of produced final targets
-no-skip
Don't skip modules that are requested by ocamldep but cannot be built
-no-hygiene
Don't apply sanity-check rules
-no-plugin
Don't build myocamlbuild.ml
-no-stdlib
Don't ignore stdlib modules
-dont-catch-errors
Don't catch and display exceptions (useful to display the call stack)
-just-plugin
Just build myocamlbuild.ml
-byte-plugin
Don't use a native plugin but bytecode
-plugin-option
Use the option only when plugin is run
-sanitization-script
Change the file name for the generated sanitization script
-no-sanitize
Do not generate sanitization script
-nothing-should-be-rebuilt
Fail if something needs to be rebuilt
-classic-display
Display executed commands the old-fashioned way
-use-menhir
Use menhir instead of ocamlyacc
-use-jocaml
Use jocaml compilers instead of ocaml ones
-use-ocamlfind
Use the 'ocamlfind' wrapper instead of using Findlib directly to determine command-line arguments. Use -no-ocamlfind to disable. Implies -plugin-use-ocamlfind.
-no-ocamlfind
Don't use ocamlfind. Implies -plugin-no-ocamlfind.
-plugin-use-ocamlfind
Use the 'ocamlfind' wrapper for building myocamlbuild.ml
-plugin-no-ocamlfind
Don't use ocamlfind for building myocamlbuild.ml
-toolchain <toolchain>
Set the Findlib toolchain to use. The default toolchain is always used for building myocamlbuild.ml.
-j <N>
Allow N jobs at once (0 for unlimited)
-build-dir <path>
Set build directory (implies no-links)
-install-lib-dir <path>
Set the install library directory
-install-bin-dir <path>
Set the install binary directory
-where
Display the install library directory
-which <command>
Display path to the tool command
-ocamlc <command>
Set the OCaml bytecode compiler
-plugin-ocamlc <command>
Set the OCaml bytecode compiler used when building myocamlbuild.ml (only)
-ocamlopt <command>
Set the OCaml native compiler
-plugin-ocamlopt <command>
Set the OCaml native compiler used when building myocamlbuild.ml (only)
-ocamldep <command>
Set the OCaml dependency tool
-ocamldoc <command>
Set the OCaml documentation generator
-ocamlyacc <command>
Set the ocamlyacc tool
-menhir <command>
Set the menhir tool (use it after -use-menhir)
-ocamllex <command>
Set the ocamllex tool
-ocamlmklib <command>
Set the ocamlmklib tool
-ocamlmktop <command>
Set the ocamlmktop tool
-ocamlrun <command>
Set the ocamlrun tool
--
Stop argument processing, remaining arguments are given to the user program
-help
Display this list of options
--help
Display this list of options

The ocamlbuild manual, ocaml(1), make(1).
The OCaml user's manual, chapter Batch compilation .

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