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<title>cl65 Users Guide
<author>Ullrich von Bassewitz, <htmlurl url="mailto:uz@cc65.org" name="uz@cc65.org">
<date>01.08.2000, 27.11.2000, 02.10.2001
<abstract>
cl65 is the compile &amp; link utility for cc65, the 6502 C compiler. It was
designed as a smart frontend for the C compiler (cc65), the assembler (ca65)
and the linker (ld65).
</abstract>
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<sect>Overview<p>
cl65 is a frontend for cc65, ca65 and ld65. While you may not use the full
power of the tools when calling them through cl65, most features are
available, and the use of cl65 is much simpler.
<sect>Basic Usage<p>
The cl65 compile and link utility may be used to compile, assemble and
link files. While the separate tools do just one step, cl65 knows how to
build object files from C files (by calling the compiler, then the
assembler) and other things.
<tscreen><verb>
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Usage: cl65 [options] file
Short options:
-c Compiler and assemble but don't link
-d Debug mode
-g Add debug info
-h Help (this text)
-l Create an assembler listing
-m name Create a map file
-o name Name the output file
-r Enable register variables
-t sys Set the target system
-v Verbose mode
-vm Verbose map file
-A Strict ANSI mode
-C name Use linker config file
-Cl Make local variables static
-D sym[=defn] Define a preprocessor symbol
-I dir Set a compiler include directory path
-Ln name Create a VICE label file
-O Optimize code
-Oi Optimize code, inline functions
-Or Optimize code, honour the register keyword
-Os Optimize code, inline known C funtions
-S Compile but don't assemble and link
-T Include source as comment
-V Print the version number
-W Suppress warnings
Long options:
--add-source Include source as comment
--ansi Strict ANSI mode
--asm-include-dir dir Set an assembler include directory
--bss-name seg Set the name of the BSS segment
--check-stack Generate stack overflow checks
--code-name seg Set the name of the CODE segment
--codesize x Accept larger code by factor x
--cpu type Set cpu type
--create-dep Create a make dependency file
--data-name seg Set the name of the DATA segment
--debug Debug mode
--debug-info Add debug info
--feature name Set an emulation feature
--help Help (this text)
--include-dir dir Set a compiler include directory path
--listing Create an assembler listing
--mapfile name Create a map file
--register-space b Set space available for register variables
--register-vars Enable register variables
--rodata-name seg Set the name of the RODATA segment
--signed-chars Default characters are signed
--start-addr addr Set the default start address
--static-locals Make local variables static
--target sys Set the target system
--version Print the version number
--verbose Verbose mode
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</verb></tscreen>
Most of the options have the same meaning than the corresponding compiler,
assembler or linker option. See the documentation for these tools for an
explanation. If an option is available for more than one of the tools, it
is set for all tools, where it is available. One example for this is <tt/-v/:
The compiler, the assembler and the linker are all called with the <tt/-v/
switch.
There are a few remaining options that control the behaviour of cl65:
<descrip>
<tag><tt>-S</tt></tag>
This option forces cl65 to stop after the assembly step. This means that
C files are translated into assembler files, but nothing more is done.
Assembler files, object files and libraries given on the command line
are ignored.
<tag><tt>-c</tt></tag>
This options forces cl65 to stop after the assembly step. This means
that C and assembler files given on the command line are translated into
object files, but there is no link step, and object files and libraries
given on the command line are ignored.
<tag><tt>-o name</tt></tag>
The -o option is used for the target name in the final step. This causes
problems, if the linker will not be called, and there are several input
files on the command line. In this case, the name given with -o will be
used for all of them, which makes the option pretty useless. You
shouldn't use -o when more than one output file is created.
<tag><tt>-t sys, --target sys</tt></tag>
The default for this option is different from the compiler and linker in the
case that the option is missing: While the other tools (compiler, assembler
and linker) will use the "none" system settings by default, cl65 will use
the C64 as a target system by default. This was choosen since most people
seem to use cc65 to develop for the C64.
</descrip>
<sect>More usage<p>
Since cl65 was created to simplify the use of the cc65 development
package, it tries to be smart about several things.
<itemize>
<item> If you don't give a target system on the command line, cl65
defaults to the C64.
<item> When linking, cl65 will supply the names of the startup file and
library for the target system to the linker, so you don't have to do
that.
<item> If the final step is the linker, and the name of the output file was
not explicitly given, cl65 will use the name of the first input file
without the extension, provided that the name of this file has an
extension. So you don't need to name the executable name in most
cases, just give the name of your "main" file as first input file.
</itemize>
<sect>Examples<p>
The morse trainer software, which consists of one C file (morse.c) and one
assembler file (irq.s) will need the following separate steps to compile
into an executable named morse:
<tscreen><verb>
cc65 -g -Oi -t c64 morse.c
ca65 -g morse.s
ca65 -g irq.s
ld65 -t c64 -o morse c64.o morse.o irq.o c64.lib
</verb></tscreen>
When using cl65, this is simplified to
<tscreen><verb>
cl65 -g -Oi morse.c irq.s
</verb></tscreen>
As a general rule, you may use cl65 instead of cc65 at most times,
especially in makefiles to build object files directly from C files. Use
<tscreen><verb>
.c.o:
cl65 -g -Oi $<
</verb></tscreen>
to do this.
<sect>Bugs/Feedback<p>
If you have problems using the utility, if you find any bugs, or if you're
doing something interesting with it, I would be glad to hear from you. Feel
free to contact me by email (<htmlurl url="mailto:uz@cc65.org" name="uz@cc65.org">).
<sect>Copyright<p>
cl65 (and all cc65 binutils) are (C) Copyright 1998-2000 Ullrich von
Bassewitz. For usage of the binaries and/or sources the following
conditions do apply:
This software is provided 'as-is', without any expressed or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
freely, subject to the following restrictions:
<enum>
<item> The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
appreciated but is not required.
<item> Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not
be misrepresented as being the original software.
<item> This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
distribution.
</enum>
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