Output control
- The compiler components that will be invoked
- The preprocessing, compilation, and linking steps that will (or will not) be taken
- The kind of output to be generated
| Option name | Description |
|---|---|
| -c | Instructs the compiler to compile or assemble the source files only but do not link. With this option, the output is a .o file for each source file. |
| -C, -C! | When used in conjunction with the -E or -P options, preserves or removes comments in preprocessed output. |
| -dM (-qshowmacros) | Emits macro definitions to preprocessed output. |
| -E | Preprocesses the source files named in the compiler invocation, without compiling. |
| -o | Specifies a name for the output object, assembler, executable, or preprocessed file. |
| -P | Preprocesses the source files named in the compiler invocation, without compiling, and creates an output preprocessed file for each input file. |
| -qmakedep, -MD (-qmakedep=gcc) | Produces the dependency files that are used by the make tool for each source file. |
| -qtimestamps | Controls whether or not implicit time stamps are inserted into an object file. |
| -shared (-qmkshrobj) | Creates a shared object from generated object files. |
| -S | Generates an assembler language file for each source file. |
| -X (-W) | -Xpreprocessor option or -Wp,option passes the listed option directly to the preprocessor. |
- -###
- -dCHARS
- -M
- -MD
- -MF file
- -MG
- -MM
- -MMD
- -MP
- -MQ target
- -MT target
- -Xpreprocessor
