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bcc(1)			    General Commands Manual			bcc(1)

NAME
       bcc - Bruce's C compiler

SYNOPSIS
       bcc  [-03EGNOPSVcegvwxW]	[-Aas_option] [-Bexecutable_prefix] [-Ddefine]
       [-Uundef] [-Mc_mode] [-o	outfile] [-ansi] [-Ccc1_option]	[-Pcpp_option]
       [-Iinclude_dir] [-Lld_option] [-Ttmpdir]	[-Qc386_option]	[-ttext_segno]
       [ld_options] [infiles]

DESCRIPTION
       Bcc is a	simple C compiler that produces	8086  assembler,  in  addition
       compiler	 compile  time	options	 allow	80386  or  6809	 versions. The
       compiler	understands traditional	K&R C with just	the  restriction  that
       bit fields are mapped to	one of the other integer types.

       The  default  operation	is  to produce an 8086 executable called a.out
       from the	source file.

OPTIONS
       -ansi  Pass the C source	through	 unprotoize  after  preprocessing  and
	      before  code  generation.	 This  will  allow  some  ansi C to be
	      compiled but it is definitly NOT a true ansi-C compiler.

       -0     8086 target (works on 80386 host,	but not	6809)

       -3     80386 target (may	work on	8086 host, but not 6809)

       -A     pass remainder of	option to assembler (e.g. -A-l -Alistfile  for
	      a	listing)

       -B     prefix for executable search path	(as usual; the search order is
	      all  paths  specified using -B, in order,	then the path given in
	      the environment variable BCC_EXEC_PREFIX if that	is  set,  then
	      the  compiled-in defaults	(something like	/usr/lib/bcc/ followed
	      by /usr/bin/)

       -C     pass  remainder  of  option  to  bcc-cc1,	 see  code  generation
	      options.

       -D     preprocessor define

       -E     produce preprocessor output to standard out.

       -G     produce GCC objects (Same	as -Mg)

       -Ixyz  include search 'xyz' path

       -I     don't add	default	include	to search list

       -Lxyz  add  directory  name  'xyz'  to  the head	of the list of library
	      directories searched

       -L     don't add	default	library	to search list

       -Md    alters the arguments for all passes to produce MSDOS  executable
	      COM  files.   These  are	small model executables, use -i	to get
	      tiny model.

       -Mf    sets bcc to pass the -c and -f arguments to the  code  generator
	      for  smaller  faster code. Note this code	is not compatible with
	      the standard calling conventions so a different version of the C
	      library is linked	too.

       -Mc    sets bcc to pass the -c  argument	 to  the  code	generator  for
	      smaller	faster	code.  Note  the  standard  libc  is  normally
	      transparent to this, but there are exceptions.

       -Ms    alters the arguments for all passes  and	selects	 C-library  to
	      produce standalone Linux-86 executables

       -Ml    switches	 to  i386-Linux	 code  generator  and  library.	  This
	      configuration accepts the	-z flag	to generate QMAGIC a.out files
	      instead of the normal OMAGIC.

       -Mg    switches to  i386-Linux  code  generator	and  generates	OMAGIC
	      object  files  that  can	be  linked  with some versions of gcc;
	      unfortunatly the most recent versions use	'collect2' to link and
	      this crashes.

       -N     makes the	linker produce a native	a.out file (Linux  OMAGIC)  if
	      combined with -3 the executable will run under Linux-i386.

       -O     optimize,	 call  copt(1)	to  optimize  8086 code. Specifiers to
	      choose which rules copt should use can be	appended to the	-O and
	      the option can be	repeated.

       -P     produce preprocessor output with no  line	 numbers  to  standard
	      output.

       -Q     pass full	option to c386 (Only for c386 version)

       -S     produce assembler	file

       -T     temporary	 directory  (overrides	previous  value	 and  default;
	      default is from the environment variable TMPDIR if that is  set,
	      otherwise	/tmp)

       -U     preprocessor undefine

       -V     print names of files being compiled

       -X     pass  remainder  of option to linker (e.g. -X-Ofile is passed to
	      the linker as -Ofile)

       -c     produce object file

       -f     turn on floating point support, no  effect  with	i386,  changes
	      libc library with	8086 code.

       -g     produce debugging	info (ignored.)

       -o     output  file  name follows (assembler, object or executable) (as
	      usual)

       -p     produce profiling	info (ignored.)

       -t1    pass to the assembler to renumber	the text  segment  for	multi-
	      segment programs.

       -v     print  names  and	 args  of subprocesses being run.  Two or more
	      -v's print names of files	being unlinked.	 Three	or  more  -v's
	      print names of paths being searched.

       -w     Supress any warning diagnostics.

       -W     Turn on assembler	warning	messages.

       -x     don't include crt0.o in the link.

       -i     don't  pass  -i  to  the linker so that it will create an	impure
	      executable.

       -7     Turn on ancient C	 mode  (see  CODE  GENERATOR  OPTIONS  below).
	      Among other things, this disables	valuable error checks and even
	      parses	certain	  constructs   incompatibly   (e.g.    =-   is
	      postdecrement instead of an assignment of	a negative number)  to
	      later  C	standards,  so	this  option  should only be used with
	      ancient code. To generate	 executables  for  a  V7  variant  you
	      should  tell  linker  to	generate  old  a.out  header with -X-7
	      option.

       Other options are passed	to the linker, in particular -lx, -M, -m,  -s,
       -H.

CODE GENERATOR OPTIONS
       These are all options that the code generator pass bcc-cc1 understands,
       only some will be useful	for the	-C option of bcc.

       -0     8086 target (works even on 80386 host, not on 6809)

       -3     80386 target (may	work even on 8086 host,	not on 6809)

       -D     define (as usual)

       -E     produce preprocessor output (as usual)

       -I     include search path (as usual)

       -P     produce preprocessor output with no line numbers (as usual)

       -c     produce code with	caller saving regs before function calls

       -d     print debugging information in assembly output

       -f     produce  code with 1st argument passed in	a register (AX,	EAX or
	      X)

       -l     produce code for 2 3 1 0 long byte order (only works  in	16-bit
	      code),  a	special	library	of compiler helper functions is	needed
	      for this mode.

       -o     assembler	output file name follows

       -p     produce (almost) position-independent code (only for the 6809)

       -t     print source code	in assembly output

       -w     print what cc1 thinks is the location counter in assembly	output

       -7     Accept various  obsolete	construct  for	ancient	 C  compilers,
	      including	 Ritchie's  Sixth  Edition UNIX	C compiler and Seventh
	      Edition UNIX Portable C compiler.	Enough of these	 compilers  is
	      emulated to compile all of Seventh Edition userspace and kernel.

       All the options except -D, -I and -o may	be turned off by following the
       option  letter  by  a  '-'.  Options are	processed left to right	so the
       last setting has	precedence.

PREPROCESSOR DEFINES
       The preprocessor	has a number of	manifest constants.

       __BCC__ 1
	      The  compiler  identifier,  normally  used  to  avoid   compiler
	      limitations.

       __FILE__
	      stringized name of current input file

       __LINE__
	      current line number

       __MSDOS__ 1
	      compiler	is  configured	for  generating	 MSDOS	executable COM
	      files.

       __STANDALONE__ 1
	      compiler is configured for generating standalone executables.

       __AS386_16__ 1
	      compiler is generating  16  bit  8086  assembler	and  the  #asm
	      keyword is available for including 8086 code.

       __AS386_32__ 1
	      compiler	is  generating	32  bit	 80386	assembler and the #asm
	      keyword is available for including 80386 code.

       __CALLER_SAVES__	1
	      compiler calling conventions are altered so the calling function
	      must save	the SI and DI registers	if they	are in	use  (ESI  and
	      EDI on the 80386)

       __FIRST_ARG_IN_AX__ 1
	      compiler calling conventions are altered so the calling function
	      is  passing the first argument to	the function in	the AX (or EAX
	      )	register.

       __LONG_BIG_ENDIAN__ 1
	      alters the word order of code generated by the 8086 compiler.

       These defines only occur	in the 6809 version of the compiler.

       __AS09__	1
	      compiler is generating 6809 code

       __FIRST_ARG_IN_X__ 1
	      the first	argument to functions is passed	in the X register.

       __POS_INDEPENDENT__ 1
	      the code generated is (almost) position independent.

ENVIRONMENT
       BCC_EXEC_PREFIX
	      default directory	to seach for compiler passes

       TMPDIR directory	to place temporary files (default /tmp)

DIRECTORIES
       All the include,	library	and compiler components	are stored  under  the
       /usr/bcc	 directory  under  Linux-i386,	this is	laid out the same as a
       /usr filesystem and if bcc is to	be the primary compiler	on a system it
       should be moved there. The configuration	 for  this  is	in  the	 bcc.c
       source file only, all other executables are independent of location.

       The  library  installation also creates the file	/usr/lib/liberror.txt,
       this path is hardcoded into the C library.

       The bcc executable itself, as86 and ld86	are in /usr/bin.

SEE ALSO
       as86(1),	ld86(1), elksemu(1)

BUGS
       The bcc.c compiler driver source	is very	untidy.

       The linker, ld86, produces a broken a.out  object  file	if  given  one
       input  and  the	-r  option  this is so it is compatible	with pre-dev86
       versions.

				   Nov,	1997				bcc(1)

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