Ubuntu Manpage: orbit-idl-2 - IDL compiler for ORBit2

NAME

       orbit-idl-2 - IDL compiler for ORBit2

SYNOPSIS

       orbit-idl-2 [ options ] file...

DESCRIPTION

       orbit-idl-2  converts  object  interface  descriptions  written  in  CORBA  IDL (Interface
       Definition Language) into C code that you can compile and link into your programs.

OPTIONS

orbit-idl-2 accepts the following options:

-d ARG
--debug=ARG
Set the debug level. Supported levels are 0 to 4, default is 2.

--idlwarnlevel=INT
Set the warning level for compiler warnings. Supported levels are 0 to 4, default
is 2.

--showcpperrors
Show errors from cpp(1).

--small
Optimize for size instead of speed.

--oldstyle
Use the old style IDL compiler (not generally recommended).

--skeleton-impl
Generate a skeleton-impl file.

--nostubs
Do not create the stubs file.

--noskels
Do not create the skels file.

--nocommon
Do not create the common file.

--noheaders
Do not create the headers file.

--noidata
Don't generate Interface type data.

-i
--imodule
Generate only an imodule file (no skels, stubs, etc.).

--add-imodule
Generate an imodule file (as well as other files generated by default or by other
options).

--onlytop
Inhibit file includes.

--pidl Treat source as pseudo-IDL.

-D ARG
--define=ARG
Define name for preprocessor.

-I PATH
--include=PATH
Add search path for include files.

--deps=FILENAME
Generate dependency information, suitable for inclusion in a Makefile.

-l ARG
--lang=ARG
Specify the output language. The default is C. Support for languages other than C
requires the installation of a backend for that language.

--backenddir=DIR
Specify the directory where a language backend is stored (not necessary if backend
is stored in the default directory).

--usage
Print a very brief usage summary.

-?
--help
Print a slightly more detailed usage summary.

-v
--version
Print version number and serial.

COMPILING

       The IDL file(s) compiled by  orbit-idl-2  define  the  interfaces  to  network-transparent
       objects.   These  files are first passed to cpp(1), the C Preprocessor, then the result is
       parsed, and the C code is generated.

        By default, orbit-idl-2 generates four files, the stubs, skels, common, and header files.
       If your input file is named sample.idl, then the output files will be named, respectively,
       sample-stubs.c, sample-skels.c, sample-common.c, and sample.h.  You  can  optionally  also
       generate  a skeleton-impl file (which would be named sample-skelimpl.c in our example), or
       an imodule file (e.g. sample-imodule.c).  These files require manual editing to be useful,
       and is therefore not generated by default.

       The  generated  C  files  are  formatting ("pretty-printed") using indent(1).  You can use
       another program for this if you prefer, with the --c-output-formatter argument.

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