NAME

       ocamldep - Dependency generator for OCaml

SYNOPSIS

       ocamldep [ options ] filename ...

DESCRIPTION

       The ocamldep(1) command scans a set of OCaml source files (.ml and .mli files) for references to external
       compilation  units,  and  outputs  dependency  lines  in  a format suitable for the make(1) utility. This
       ensures that make will compile the source files in the correct order, and recompile those files that need
       to when a source file is modified.

       The typical usage is:

       ocamldep options *.mli *.ml > .depend

       where .depend is the file that should contain the dependencies.

       Dependencies are generated both for compiling with the bytecode compiler ocamlc(1) and with  the  native-
       code compiler ocamlopt(1).

OPTIONS

       The following command-line options are recognized by ocamldep(1).

       -absname
              Show absolute filenames in error messages.

       -all   Generate dependencies on all required files, rather than assuming implicit dependencies.

       -allow-approx
              Allow falling back on a lexer-based approximation when parsing fails.

       -as-map
              For  the  following  files,  do  not include delayed dependencies for module aliases.  This option
              assumes that they are compiled using options "-no-alias-deps -w -49",  and  that  those  files  or
              their  interface  are  passed  with the "-map" option when computing dependencies for other files.
              Note also that for dependencies to be correct in the implementation of a map file,  its  interface
              should not coerce any of the aliases it contains.

       -debug-map
              Dump the delayed dependency map for each map file.

       -I directory
              Add  the  given  directory  to the list of directories searched for source files. If a source file
              foo.ml mentions an external compilation unit Bar, a dependency on that unit's interface bar.cmi is
              generated only if the source for bar  is  found  in  the  current  directory  or  in  one  of  the
              directories  specified  with  -I.   Otherwise,  Bar  is  assumed  to be a module from the standard
              library, and no dependencies are generated. For programs that span  multiple  directories,  it  is
              recommended to pass ocamldep(1) the same -I options that are passed to the compiler.

       -impl file
              Process file as a .ml file.

       -intf file
              Process file as a .mli file.

       -map file
              Read an propagate the delayed dependencies for module aliases in file, so that the following files
              will depend on the exported aliased modules if they use them.

       -ml-synonym .ext
              Consider the given extension (with leading dot) to be a synonym for .ml.

       -mli-synonym .ext
              Consider the given extension (with leading dot) to be a synonym for .mli.

       -modules
              Output    raw    dependencies    of    the    form   filename: Module1 Module2 ... ModuleN   where
              Module1, ..., ModuleN are the names of the compilation units referenced within the file  filename,
              but  these  names  are not resolved to source file names.  Such raw dependencies cannot be used by
              make(1), but can be post-processed by other tools such as Omake(1).

       -native
              Generate  dependencies  for  a  pure  native-code  program  (no  bytecode   version).    When   an
              implementation  file  (.ml file) has no explicit interface file (.mli file), ocamldep(1) generates
              dependencies on the bytecode compiled file (.cmo file) to reflect  interface  changes.   This  can
              cause unnecessary bytecode recompilations for programs that are compiled to native-code only.  The
              flag  -native  causes  dependencies  on native compiled files (.cmx) to be generated instead of on
              .cmo files.  (This flag makes no difference if all  source  files  have  explicit  .mli  interface
              files.)

       -one-line
              Output one line per file, regardless of the length.

       -open module
              Assume that module module is opened before parsing each of the following files.

       -plugin plugin
              Dynamically  load  the  code of the given plugin (a .cmo, .cma or .cmxs file) in ocamldep(1).  The
              plugin must exist in the same kind of code as the tool ( ocamldep.byte must load bytecode plugins,
              while ocamldep.opt must load native code plugins), and extension adaptation is done  automatically
              for .cma files (to .cmxs files if ocamldep(1) is compiled in native code).

       -pp command
              Cause ocamldep(1) to call the given command as a preprocessor for each source file.

       -ppx command
              Pipe abstract syntax tree through preprocessor command.

       -slash Under Unix, this option does nothing.

       -sort  Sort files according to their dependencies.

       -version
              Print version string and exit.

       -vnum  Print short version number and exit.

       -help or --help
              Display a short usage summary and exit.

SEE ALSO

       ocamlc(1), ocamlopt(1).
       The OCaml user's manual, chapter "Dependency generator".

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