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NAME

       ocamldsort - Dependency sorter for OCaml source files

SYNOPSIS

       ocamldsort [ -pp  pre-command ] [ -d dep-command ]
		  [ -mli ] [ -nox ] [ -obj | -byte | -opt ] [ filename ] ...

DESCRIPTION

       The  ocamldsort(1)  command scans a set of Objective Caml source files (.ml and .mli files), sorts them according to their dependencies and
       prints the sorted files in order to link their corresponding .cmo files.

       For ocamldsort(1) to work it must get a list of dependencies generated by ocamldep(1), if the standard  input  to  ocamldsort(1)  has  been
       redirected then ocamldsort assumes that this is a dependency file generated by ocamldep(1).  Otherwise ocamldsort calls ocamldep(1) to gen-
       erate the dependency list itself. In either case the source files to be sorted should be given as arguments to the ocamldsort(1) command.

       ocamldsort(1) can be used to compile and link simple projects with one command, such as:

       ocamlc $(ocamldsort *.ml)

       if your project doesn't contain .mli files or:

       ocamlc -c $(ocamldsort -mli *.ml *.mli) && ocamlc $(ocamldsort -byte *.ml)

       if it contains .mli files.

       However for larger projects where separate compilation is desirable, ocamldsort(1) can also be used from within a makefile. Here is a typi-
       cal makefile example:

       TARGET=my_program
       OCAMLC=ocamlc
       OCAMLOPT=ocamlopt
       OCAMLDEP=ocamldep
       OCAMLDSORT=ocamldsort

       PPFLAGS=-pp camlp4o

       MLY=$(shell echo *.mly)
       MLL=$(shell echo *.mll)
       GENERATED_ML=$(MLY:.mly=.ml) $(MLL:.mll=.ml)

       include .generated .depend .ocamldsort

       $(TARGET): $(CMO_FILES)
	    $(OCAMLC) $(COMPFLAGS) $(LIBS) $^ -o $@

       $(TARGET).opt: $(CMX_FILES)
	    $(OCAMLOPT) $(COMPFLAGS) $(LIBS_OPT) $^ -o $@

       .generated: $(GENERATED_ML)
	    @touch .generated

       .depend: .generated
	    $(OCAMLDEP) *.ml *.mli > $@

       .ocamldsort: .depend
	    echo CMO_FILES=`< .depend $(OCAMLDSORT) -byte *.ml` > .ocamldsort
	    echo CMX_FILES=`< .depend $(OCAMLDSORT) -opt *.ml` >> .ocamldsort

       distclean: clean
	    rm -f .generated .depend .ocamldsort
	    rm -f $(GENERATED_ML)
	    rm -f *~
	    rm -f $(TARGET)

       clean:
	    rm -f *.cmo *.cmi *.cmx *.o

       .SUFFIXES: .mli .ml .cmi .cmo .cmx .mll .mly

       %.cmi:%.mli
	    $(OCAMLC) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.cmo:%.ml
	    $(OCAMLC) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.cmi %.cmo:%.ml
	    $(OCAMLC) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.cmx %.o:%.ml
	    $(OCAMLOPT) $(PPFLAGS) $(COMPFLAGS) -c $<

       %.ml:%.mll
	    $(OCAMLLEX) $<

       %.mli %.ml:%.mly
	    $(OCAMLYACC) -v $<

OPTIONS

       The following command-line options are recognized by ocamlsort(1):

       -I directory
	      Add the given directory to the list of directories searched for source files.

       -pp pre-command
	      Command to preprocess file.

       -d dep-command
	      Command to compute dependencies.	ocamldep(1) by default.

       -mli   Sort files using mli dependencies.

       -nox   Ignore filenames containg `*' so that unexpanded wildcards are ignored.

       -obj   Print bytecode filenames (.cmo and .cmi) (deprecated: use -byte).

       -byte  Print bytecode filenames (.cmo and .cmi).

       -opt   Print opt filenames (.cmx and .cmi).

       -v     Output version information and exit.

       -help, --help
	      Output help and exit.

SEE ALSO

       ocamldep(1).

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