ppmove(1)

NAME

ppdep - The FPC Pascal unit mover.

SYNOPSIS

ppumove  [-sqbhw]  [-o  File]  [-d  path]  [-e  extension]
files...

Description

ppumove collects one or several Free Pascal unit files and

archives them in a static or shared library.

Usage

You can invoke ppumove with as the only required argument

the name of the unit from which you want to make an archive.

Specifying multiple files is also possible, they will be put in

the same archive.

Options

ppumove has several options, which are case sensitive:

-b This option tells ppumove to write a shell script

(a batch file on DOS) that performs the needed calls to ar and

ld. The script will be called pmove, with an extension of .sh on

Linux, and .bat on DOS. You can then call this script manually

afterwards.

-d path

This option tells ppumove where to generate the new

unit files. By default, this is the same directory as where the

files are found. If you specify as the output extension the same

extension as the units you want to move, not specifying the des

tination directory may cause problems.

-e ext This option sets the extension of the new unit

files to ext. By default .ppl is used. However, you can specify

.ppu as the extension. If you do, be sure to use also the -d

switch, or you will overwrite the old units. Note however, that

the compiler will only look for extensions .ppu and .ppl when

looking for units.

-h Shows a short help screen.

-o file

This option allows you to specify the name of the

library to be generated. You must use this option if you specify

more than one unit on the command-line. If you specified only one

unit on the command-line, the generated library will have the

unit name, with lib prepended (on Linux). You do not need to

specify the lib part, this will be prepended automatically if

needed.

-q Tells ppumove to operate quietly.

-s Tells ppumove to generate a static library. By de

fault, a shared library is generated (except on DOS).

-w Tells ppumove it should use the windows linker and

archiver. Do not use this option on Linux.

SEE ALSO

ppc386(1) ppudep(1) ppudump(1)

Free Pascal 9 June 1999

ppmove(1)