NAME
pike - pike compiler and interpreter
SYNOPSIS
pike [ -driver-options ... ] [ script [ script-arguments ... ] ]
DESCRIPTION
Compiler and interpreter for the Pike programming language.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported by the loader:
-a Increase the debug level of the peep-hole optimizer with 1
(debug).
-anum Set the debug level of the peep-hole optimizer to num (debug).
-Dsymbol
Define the preprocessor symbol symbol to 1.
-Dsymbol=value
Define the preprocessor symbol symbol to value.
-d Increase the debug level with 1 (debug).
-dnum Set the debug level to num (debug).
-dc Increase the debug level of the Pike compiler (debug).
-dg Resets the debug malloc at every garbage collection (debug).
-dp Turns off the peep hole optimization (debug).
-ds Debug signals (debug).
-dt Turn off tail recursion optimization (debug).
-dT Enable extra checks in the thread library, e.g. mutex sanity
checks (debug).
-l Increase the debug level of the global optimizer with 1 (debug).
-lnum Set the debug level of the global optimizer to num (debug).
-mmaster_program
Use master_program instead of the ordinary master program.
-qnum End execution after executing num Pike instructions.
-snum Set Pike stack size to num (minimum is 256).
-t Increase the level of runtime trace with 1 (debug).
-tnum Set the level of runtime trace to num (debug).
-tg Log the gc runs to stderr.
-p Increase the level of profiling with 1 (debug).
-pnum Set the level of profiling to num (debug).
-rt Turn on runtime checking of arguments to function calls, and
soft casts.
-rT Turn on #pragma strict_types for all files.
The following options are supported by the default master program:
-h, --help,
Print help message and exit.
-eexpr,--execute=expr
Execute expr and exit.
-E, --preprocess
Just run the preprocessor.
-Idir,--include-path=dir
Append dir to the include path.
-Mdir,--modue-path=dir
Append dir to the module path.
-Pdir,--program-path=dir
Append dir to the program path.
-v, --version
Print version of Pike and exit.
-Vmajor.minor,--compat=major.minor
Set the compatibility version to Pike version major.minor.
-w, --warnings
Enable warnings.
-W, --woff, --no-warnings
Disable warnings.
--assembler-debug
Set the peephole optimizer debug level (debug).
--compiler-trace
Turn on tracing of the Pike compiler (debug).
--debug
Increase or set the debug level (debug).
--debug-without=feature
Hide feature from the resolver (debug).
--dumpversion
Print the Pike version number to stderr, e.g. "7.8.10\n"
--features
List some of the features that are enabled in this Pike binary
and exit (debug).
--info Show various information about this Pike installation and exit
(debug).
--optimizer-debug
Set the global optimizer debug level (debug).
--show-paths
Show the paths pike will use and exit (debug).
--trace
Increase the trace level (debug).
--trace=num
Set the trace level to num (debug).
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
script A path to a script written in Pike to be compiled and then
executed. Everything on the commandline after the script is
passed as arguments to the script.
If no script is specified, pike will start in interactive- (Hilfe)
mode.
REGISTRY KEYS
On NT, Pike is affected by the following keys in the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Pike\7.6\PIKE_MASTER
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Pike\7.6\PIKE_MASTER
Specifies the name of the master program (overridden by
-mmaster_program ).
ENVIRONMENT
Pike is affected by the following environment variables:
PIKE_MASTER
Specifies the name of the master program (overridden by
-mmaster_program ).
Depending on operating system Pike may be affected by the following
environment variables:
LC_ALL Overrides the other LC_* variables.
LC_COLLATE
Specifies the character collation sequence.
LC_CTYPE
Specifies the character classification.
LC_MESSAGES
Specifies the language of the system messagedatabase.
LC_NUMERIC
Specifies the decimal and thousand delimiters.
LC_TIME
Specifies the date and time formats.
The default master program is affected by the following environment
variables:
PIKE_INCLUDE_PATH
List of directories separated with colon (:), to search for
include-files.
PIKE_PROGRAM_PATH
List of directories separated with colon (:), to search for
program-files.
PIKE_MODULE_PATH
List of directories separated with colon (:), to search for
modules.
LONG_PIKE_ERRORS
If set disables truncation of paths in backtraces.
SHORT_PIKE_ERRORS
If set and LONG_PIKE_ERRORS is not set, truncates paths to just
the filename in backtraces.
PIKE_BACKTRACE_LEN
The maximum number of elements in arrays to describe in
backtraces.
Note that the above environment variables have effect before the
default master program attempts to load the Getopt(3P) module, which
occurrs before the master program arguments are parsed.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successfull completion.
>0 An error occurred. See output on stderr (fd #2) for reason.
FILES
@PREFIX@/lib/pike/pike7.6/master.pike
default master program
@PREFIX@/lib/pike/pike7.6/modules/*
default module directory
@PREFIX@/lib/pike/pike7.6/?.?/*
backward compatibility modules
@PREFIX@/lib/pike/pike7.6/include/*
pike include files
@PREFIX@/tools/pike.el emacs fontlock definitions for pike-mode
@PREFIX@/include/pike/pike7.6/*
C-include files
@PREFIX@/man/* manual pages for pike
SEE ALSO
hilfe(1), Getopt(3P), environ(5)
Pike Programming Tutorial
Pike Reference Manual