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.TH mcs 1 "6 January 2001"
.SH NAME
-mcs, gmcs, smcs \- Mono C# Compiler (1.0, 2.0, Moonlight)
+mcs \- Mono C# Compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mcs
[option] [source-files]
.PP
The
.I mcs
-compiler is used to compile against the 1.x profile and implements
-C# 1.0 and parts of C# 2.0 and C# 3.0 specification which do not depend
-on generics.
-.PP
-The
-.I gmcs
-compiler is used to compile against the 2.0 profile and implements
-the complete C# 3.0 specification.
-.PP
-The
-.I smcs
-compiler is used to compile against the Silverlight/Moonlight profile.
-This profile is designed to be used for creating Silverlight/Moonlight
-applications that will run on a web browser. The API exposed by this
-profile is a small subset of the 3.5 API (even if it is commonly
-referred as the 2.1 API, this API is a small subset of 2.0 with a few
-extensions).
+compiler is used to compile against the latest Mono Base Class Library
+version and fully implements C# 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0
+specifications.
.PP
See the section on packages for more information.
.PP
attribute.
.TP
.I \-debug, \-debug+
-Generate debugging information. To obtain stack traces with debugging
+Generate debugging information. To obtain stack traces with debugging
information, you need to invoke the mono runtime with the `--debug'
-flag. This debugging information is stored inside the assembly as a
-resource.
+flag. The debugging information is stored in a MDB file located in
+same output folder as produced assembly.
.TP
.I \-debug-
Do not generate debugging information.
Extracts the C#/XML documentation from the source code and stores in in
the given FILE.
.TP
+.I \-errorreport
+This flag is ignored by Mono's C# compiler and is present only to
+allow MCS to be used as a CSC replacement for msbuild/xbuild.
+.TP
.I \-\-fatal
This is used for debugging the compiler. This makes the error emission
generate an exception that can be caught by a debugger.
.TP
+.I \-filealign
+This flag is ignored by Mono's C# compiler and is present only to
+allow MCS to be used as a CSC replacement for msbuild/xbuild.
+.TP
+.I \-fullpaths
+Any source code error or warning issued by the compiler includes file
+name only by default. This option causes compiler to issue absolute file
+path instead.
+.TP
.I \-keyfile:KEYFILE
Strongname (sign) the output assembly using the key pair present in
the specified strong name key file (snk). A full key pair is required
.TP
.I "Default"
Instruct compiler to use the latest version. Equivalent is to omit the
-switch (this currently defaults to the C# 3.0 language specification).
+switch (this currently defaults to the C# 6.0 language specification).
.TP
.I "ISO-1"
Restrict compiler to use only first ISO standardized features.
Restrict compiler to use only the second ISO standardized features.
This allows the use of generics, static classes, iterators and
anonymous methods for example.
+.TP
+.I "3"
+Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 3.0
+(a superset of ISO-1 and ISO-2).
+.TP
+.I "4"
+Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 4.0
+specification.
+.TP
+.I "5"
+Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 5.0
+specification.
+.TP
+.I "6"
+Restrict the compiler to use only the features available in C# 6.0
+specification.
+.TP
+.I "experimental"
+Enables unstable features from upcoming versions of the language.
.PP
-Notice that this flag only controls the language features available to
-the programmer, it does not control the kind of assemblies produced.
-Programs compiled with mcs will reference the 1.1 APIs, Programs
-compiled with gmcs reference the 2.0 APIs.
+Notice that this flag only restricts the language features available to
+the programmer. A version of produced assemblies can be controlled using
+.I SDK
+option.
.ne
.RE
.TP
list WARNLIST>
.TP
.I -optimize, -optimize+, -optimize-
-Controls whether to perform optimizations on the code. -optimize and
+Controls compiler code generation optimizations on the code. Using -optimize or
-optimize+ will turn on optimizations, -optimize- will turn it off.
-The default in mcs is to optimize+.
+The default in mcs is to optimize-. The option can be mixed with -debug
+but for the best debugging experience it is recommended leave the options off.
.TP
.I -out:FNAME, -o FNAME
Names the output file to be generated.
.I \-\-parse
Used for benchmarking. The compiler will only parse its input files.
.TP
+.I \-pathmap:K=V[,Kn=Vn]
+Sets a mapping for source path names used in generated output.
+.TP
.I \-pkg:package1[,packageN]
Reference assemblies for the given packages.
.Sp
available on a typical dotnet framework installation, notice that this
does not include all of the Mono libraries, only the System.* ones. This
is a convenient shortcut for those porting code.
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:olive
-Use this to reference the "Olive" libraries (the 3.0 and 3.5 extended
-libraries).
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:silver
-References the assemblies for creating Moonlight/Silverlight
-applications. This is automatically used when using the
-.I smcs
-compiler, but it is here when developers want to use it with the
-.I gmcs
-compiler.
-.TP
-.I \-pkg:silverdesktop
-Use this option to create Moonlight/Silverlight applications that
-target the desktop. This option allows developers to consume the
-Silverlight APIs with the full 2.0 profile API available to them,
-unlike
-.I smcs
-it gives full access to all the APIs that are part of Mono. The only
-downside is that applications created with silverdesktop will not run
-on the browser. Typically these applications will be launched
-with the
-.I mopen
-command line tool.
-.TP
-For more details see the PACKAGE section in this document
.ne
.RE
.TP
+.I \-platform:ARCH
+Used to specify the target platform. The possible values are: anycpu,
+anycpu32bitpreferred, arm, x86, x64 or itanium. The default option is
+anycpu.
+.TP
.I -resource:RESOURCE[,ID]
Embeds to the given resource file. The optional ID can be used to
give a different name to the resource. If not specified, the resource
$ mcs -recurse:'*.cs'
.fi
.TP
+.I \-sdk:VERSION
+Used to specify the version of Base Class Library assemblies used for
+compilation. Following predefined values are valid: 2, 4 (default) as
+well as any custom value. The predefined version number means which
+.NET version should the produced assembly be compatible with. When
+custom value is specified mcs will try to find Base Class Libraries
+in the mono installed location PREFIX/lib/mono/<value>.
+.TP
.I \-\-shell
Starts up the compiler in interactive mode, providing a C# shell for
statements and expressions. A shortcut is to use the
not found in any of those places in the directories specified as
arguments to the -lib: command argument.
.PP
-Depending on the invocation for the C# compiler (mcs, gmcs, or smcs)
-you will get a default set of libraries and versions of those
-libraries that are referenced.
-.PP
The compiler uses the library path to locate libraries, and is able to
reference libraries from a particular package if that directory is
used. To simplify the use of packages, the C# compiler includes the
.SH LICENSE
The Mono Compiler Suite is released under the terms of the GNU GPL or
the MIT X11. Please read the accompanying `COPYING' file for details.
-Alternative licensing for the compiler is available from Novell.
+Alternative licensing for the compiler is available from Xamarin.
.PP
.SH SEE ALSO
-csharp(1), mdb(1), mono(1), mopen(1), mint(1), pkg-config(1),sn(1)
+csharp(1), mono(1), pkg-config(1), sn(1)
.PP
.SH BUGS
To report bugs in the compiler, you must file them on our bug tracking
system, at:
-http://www.mono-project.com/Bugs
+http://www.mono-project.com/community/bugs/
.SH MAILING LIST
-The Mono Mailing lists are listed at http://www.mono-project.com/Mailing_Lists
+The Mono Mailing lists are listed at http://www.mono-project.com/community/help/mailing-lists/
.SH MORE INFORMATION
The Mono C# compiler was developed by Novell, Inc
-(http://www.novell.com, http) and is based on the
+(http://www.novell.com) and Xamarin Inc (http://www.xamarin.com) is based on the
ECMA C# language standard available here:
http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/STAND/ecma-334.htm
.PP
-The home page for the Mono C# compiler is at http://www.mono-project.com/CSharp_Compiler
+The home page for the Mono C# compiler is at http://www.mono-project.com/docs/about-mono/languages/csharp/
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