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5.1.2 Switches for gnatclean ¶

gnatclean recognizes the following switches:

--version

Display copyright and version, then exit, disregarding all other options.

--help

If --version was not specified, display usage, then exit disregarding all other options.

--subdirs=`subdir'

Actual object directory of each project file, which is the subdirectory subdir of the object directory specified or defaulted in the project file.

--unchecked-shared-lib-imports

By default, shared library projects are not allowed to import static library projects. When this switch is specified, this restriction is lifted.

-c

Only attempt to delete the files produced by the compiler, not those produced by the binder or the linker. The files that are not to be deleted are library files, interface copy files, binder generated files and executable files.

-D `dir'

Indicate that ALI and object files should normally be found in directory dir.

-F

When using project files, if some errors or warnings are detected during parsing and verbose mode is not in effect (the switch -v is not specified), error lines start with the full path name of the project file, rather than its simple file name.

-h

Output a message explaining the usage of gnatclean.

-n

Informative-only mode. Do not delete any files. Output the list of the files that would have been deleted if this switch was not specified.

-P`project'

Use project file project. You can specify only one such switch. When cleaning a project file, gnatclean deletes the files produced by the compilation of the immediate sources or inherited sources of the project files. This does not depend on whether or not you include executable names on the command line.

-q

Quiet output. If there are no errors, do not output anything, except in verbose mode (-v) or in information-only mode (-n).

-r

When a project file is specified (using -P), clean all imported and extended project files, recursively. If you don’t specify this switch, gnatclean only deletes the files related to the main project file. This switch has no effect if you don’t specify a project file.

-v

Verbose mode.

-vP`x'

Indicates the verbosity of the parsing of GNAT project files. Switches Related to Project Files.

-X`name'=`value'

Indicates that external variable name has the value value. The Project Manager will use this value for occurrences of external(name) when parsing the project file. See Switches Related to Project Files.

-aO`dir'

When searching for ALI and object files, look in directory dir.

-I`dir'

Equivalent to -aO`dir'.

-I-

Do not look for ALI or object files in the directory where gnatclean was invoked.