spark(1) spark(1)
NAME
spark - examines SPARK programs and generates verification conditions
SYNOPSIS
spark [OPTIONS] [ FILE_LIST or @METAFILE ]
DESCRIPTION
The Examiner for SPARK, spark, analyses the given source files for errors and violations of the SPARK subset and (optionally) generates
verification conditions and dead path conjectures necessary for proof of absence of run-time exceptions and partial correctness.
This manual page only summarises the spark command-line flags, please refer to the full Examiner manual for further information.
OPTIONS
These options do not quite follow the usual GNU command line syntax. All options start with a single dash instead of the usual two and they
can also be abbreviated, as long as the abbreviation is unique. For example -help can be abbreviated to -he but not -h as this clashes with
-html.
-source_extension=file_type
Specifies source file extension (Default 'ada')
-noindex_file, -index_file=file_spec
Specifies the index file. By default no index file is used.
-nowarning_file, -warning_file=file_spec
Specifies the warning control file. By default no warning control file is used.
-noconfig_file, -config_file=file_spec
Specifies the Examiner configuration file. By default no configuration file is used.
-noswitch
Ignore the spark.sw file, if it exists.
-nolistings, -listing_extension=file_type
By default all listing files have the 'lst' extension. These options can be used to disable listing file generation or to change the
default extension.
-noreport_file, -report_file=file_spec
By default the report will be named 'SPARK.REP'. These options can be used to change the default name or to disable report genera-
tion.
-html, -html=dir_spec
Generate HTML listings and report file.
-output_directory=dir_spec
Generate report, listing and proof files in the specified directory.
-plain_output
No dates, line or error numbers will appear in the output files.
-language=L
This can be one of 83, 95 (the default) or 2005.
-profile=P
Choose between the sequential (the default) or ravenscar language profile.
-noduration
Do not predefine Standard.Duration.
-syntax_check
Perform syntax check only. No semantic checks.
-flow_analysis=TYPE
Choose between information or data.
-policy=TYPE
Select security or safety policy for flow analysis.
-vcg Generate VCs.
-dpc Generate DPCs.
-rules=CHOICE
Select policy for generation of composite constant proof rules. Can be one of none (the default), lazy, keen or all.
-annotation_character=CHAR
Select alternative annotation character. The default is '#'.
-noecho
Suppress screen output.
-nosli Don't generate SLI files.
-sparklib
Use the standard SPARK library.
-nostatistics, -statistics
Append Examiner table usage statistics to the report file. By default we don't do this.
-fdl_identifiers=OPTION
Control treatment of FDL identifiers when found in SPARK source. Can be one of 'reject' (the default) or 'accept' or <string>.
-version
Print Examiner banner and statistics and then exit.
-help Print command line summary and options.
-original_flow_errors
Print information flow errors in original, less compact, format.
-error_explanations=SETTING
Print explanations after error messages. Settings can be off (the default), first_occurrence or every_occurrence.
-justification_option=TYPE
Select policy for justification of errors. Values can be full (the default), brief or ignore.
-casing, -casing=CHOICE
Check casing for identifier references and check casing of package Standard identifiers. It is also possible to specify i or s to
check for only one of these.
SEE ALSO
sparksimp(1), spadesimp(1), zombiescope(1), victor(1), pogs(1)
sparkformat(1), sparkmake(1)
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Florian Schanda <florian.schanda@altran-praxis.com> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by
others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Ver-
sion 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts and no Back-Cover
Texts.
22 March 2011 spark(1)