ocaml (1)

NAME

       ocaml - The Objective Caml interactive toplevel

SYNOPSIS

       ocaml [ -unsafe ] [ -I lib-dir ] [ object-files ] [ script-file ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  ocaml(1)  command  is the toplevel system for Objective Caml, that
       permits interactive use of the Objective Caml system  through  a  read-
       eval-print loop. In this mode, the system repeatedly reads Caml phrases
       from the input, then typechecks, compile and evaluate them, then prints
       the  inferred  type  and  result  value,  if any. The system prints a #
       (sharp) prompt before reading each phrase.

       A toplevel phrase can span several lines. It is  terminated  by  ;;  (a
       double-semicolon). The syntax of toplevel phrases is as follows.

       The  toplevel  system  is started by the command ocaml(1).  Phrases are
       read on standard input, results are printed on standard output,  errors
       on standard error. End-of-file on standard input terminates ocaml(1).

       If one or more object-files (ending in .cmo or .cma
        ) are given, they are loaded silently before starting the toplevel.

       If  a  script-file  is  given, phrases are read silently from the file,
       errors printed on standard error.  ocaml(1) exits after  the  execution
       of the last phrase.

OPTIONS

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

       -I directory
              Add  the given directory to the list of directories searched for
              source and compiled files. By default, the current directory  is
              searched first, then the standard library directory. Directories
              added with -I are searched after the current directory,  in  the
              order  in  which they were given on the command line, but before
              the standard library directory.

       -unsafe
              Turn bound checking off on array and string accesses (the  v.(i)
              and s.[i] constructs). Programs compiled with -unsafe are there-
              fore slightly faster, but unsafe: anything  can  happen  if  the
              program accesses an array or string outside of its bounds.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       LC_CTYPE
              If  set to iso_8859_1, accented characters (from the ISO Latin-1
              character set) in string and character literals are  printed  as

SEE ALSO

       ocamlc(1).
       The Objective Caml user's manual, chapter "The toplevel system".

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