NAME

       ocamldsort - Dependency sorter for OCaml source files

SYNOPSIS

       ocamldsort [ -pp  pre-command ] [ -d dep-command ]
                  [ -mli ] [ -nox ] [ -obj | -byte | -opt ] [ filename ] ...

DESCRIPTION

       The ocamldsort(1) command scans a set of OCaml source files (.ml and .mli files), sorts them according to
       their dependencies and prints the sorted files in order to link their corresponding .cmo files.

       For ocamldsort(1) to work it must get a list of dependencies generated by ocamldep(1),  if  the  standard
       input  to  ocamldsort(1)  has  been  redirected  then  ocamldsort  assumes that this is a dependency file
       generated by ocamldep(1).  Otherwise ocamldsort calls ocamldep(1) to generate the dependency list itself.
       In either case the source files to be sorted should be given as arguments to the ocamldsort(1) command.

       ocamldsort(1) can be used to compile and link simple projects with one command, such as:

       ocamlc $(ocamldsort *.ml)

       if your project doesn't contain .mli files or:

       ocamlc -c $(ocamldsort -mli *.ml *.mli) && ocamlc $(ocamldsort -byte *.ml)

       if it contains .mli files.

       However  for larger projects where separate compilation is desirable, ocamldsort(1) can also be used from
       within a makefile. Here is a typical makefile example:

       TARGET=my_program
       OCAMLC=ocamlc
       OCAMLOPT=ocamlopt
       OCAMLDEP=ocamldep
       OCAMLDSORT=ocamldsort

       PPFLAGS=-pp camlp4o

       MLY=$(shell echo *.mly)
       MLL=$(shell echo *.mll)
       GENERATED_ML=$(MLY:.mly=.ml) $(MLL:.mll=.ml)

       include .generated .depend .ocamldsort

       $(TARGET): $(CMO_FILES)
            $(OCAMLC) $(COMPFLAGS) $(LIBS) $^ -o $@

       $(TARGET).opt: $(CMX_FILES)
            $(OCAMLOPT) $(COMPFLAGS) $(LIBS_OPT) $^ -o $@

       .generated: $(GENERATED_ML)
            @touch .generated

       .depend: .generated
            $(OCAMLDEP) *.ml *.mli > $@

       .ocamldsort: .depend
            echo CMO_FILES=`< .depend $(OCAMLDSORT) -byte *.ml` > .ocamldsort
            echo CMX_FILES=`< .depend $(OCAMLDSORT) -opt *.ml` >> .ocamldsort

       distclean: clean
            rm -f .generated .depend .ocamldsort
            rm -f $(GENERATED_ML)
            rm -f *~
            rm -f $(TARGET)

       clean:
            rm -f *.cmo *.cmi *.cmx *.o

       .SUFFIXES: .mli .ml .cmi .cmo .cmx .mll .mly

       %.cmi:%.mli
            $(OCAMLC) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.cmo:%.ml
            $(OCAMLC) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.cmi %.cmo:%.ml
            $(OCAMLC) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.cmx %.o:%.ml
            $(OCAMLOPT) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.ml:%.mll
            $(OCAMLLEX) $<

       %.mli %.ml:%.mly
            $(OCAMLYACC) -v $<

OPTIONS

       The following command-line options are recognized by ocamlsort(1):

       -I directory
              Add the given directory to the list of directories searched for source files.

       -pp pre-command
              Command to preprocess file.

       -d dep-command
              Command to compute dependencies.  ocamldep(1) by default.

       -mli   Sort files using mli dependencies.

       -nox   Ignore filenames containing `*' so that unexpanded wildcards are ignored.

       -obj   Print bytecode filenames (.cmo and .cmi) (deprecated: use -byte).

       -byte  Print bytecode filenames (.cmo and .cmi).

       -opt   Print opt filenames (.cmx and .cmi).

       -v     Output version information and exit.

       -help, --help
              Output help and exit.

SEE ALSO

       ocamldep(1).

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