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.TH mcs 1 "6 January 2001"
.SH NAME
-mcs \- Mono C# Compiler
+mcs \- Turbo C# Compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mcs
[option] [source-files]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-mcs is the Mono C# compiler, an implementation of the ECMA-334
-language specification. You can pass one or more options to drive the
-compiler, and a set of source files. Extra options or arguments can
-be provided in a response file. Response files are referenced by
-prepending the @ symbol to the response file name.
+mcs is the Turbo C# compiler (also known as the Mono C# compiler), it
+is an implementation of the ECMA-334 language specification. You can
+pass one or more options to drive the compiler, and a set of source
+files. Extra options or arguments can be provided in a response file.
+Response files are referenced by prepending the @ symbol to the
+response file name.
.PP
The
.I mcs
compiler is used to compile against the latest Mono Base Class Library
-version and fully implements C# 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 specifications.
+version and fully implements C# 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0 and 6.0
+specifications with partial support for C# 7.0.
.PP
See the section on packages for more information.
.PP
-The Mono C# compiler accepts the same command line options that the
+The Turbo C# compiler accepts the same command line options that the
Microsoft C# compiler does. Those options can start with a slash or a
dash (/checked is the same as -checked). Additionally some GNU-like
options are supported, those begin with "--". All MCS-specific flags
compilation, you should compile programs into their own assemblies,
and later reference them with the "-r" flag.
.PP
-The Mono C# compiler generates images (.exe files) that contain CIL
+The Turbo C# compiler generates images (.exe files) that contain CIL
byte code that can be executed by any system that implements a Common
Language Infrastructure virtual machine such as the Microsoft .NET
runtime engine on Windows or the Mono runtime engine on Unix systems.
Executables are not bound to a specific CPU or operating system.
.PP
-The Mono C# compiler by default only references three assemblies:
+The Turbo C# compiler by default only references three assemblies:
mscorlib.dll, System.dll and System.Xml.dll. If you want to
reference extra libraries you must manually specify them using the
-pkg: command line option or the -r: command line option.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I \-\-about
-Displays information about the Mono C# compiler
+Displays information about the Turbo C# compiler
.TP
.I \-\-addmodule:MODULE1[,MODULE2]
Includes the specified modules in the resulting assembly. Modules are
.TP
.I "Default"
Instruct compiler to use the latest version. Equivalent is to omit the
-switch (this currently defaults to the C# 4.0 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 the compiler to use only the features available in C# 4.0
specification.
.TP
-.I "future"
+.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 restricts the language features available to
-the programmer. A version of produced assemblies can be controled using
+the programmer. A version of produced assemblies can be controlled using
.I SDK
option.
.ne
.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.
-.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
.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), 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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