Syntax

-f filename 

Parameters

See Rules for specifying a filename or directory as parameters.

Description

Use this option to make the compiler read command line options from the named file, with the default filename extension xcl.

In the command file, you format the items exactly as if they were on the command line itself, except that you may use multiple lines, because the newline character acts just as a space or tab character.

Both C and C++ style comments are allowed in the file. Double quotes behave in the same way as in the Microsoft Windows command line environment.

If you use the compiler option ‑‑dependencies, extended command line files specified using -f will not generate a dependency, but those specified using ‑‑f will generate a dependency.

See also

‑‑dependencies and ‑‑f.