14. WLA Flags

Here are short descriptions for the flags you can give to WLA:

You can supply WLA with some (or all or none) of the following option flags.

-i	Add list file information. Adds extra information to the output so WLALINK can produce list files.
-M	WLA generates makefile rules describing the dependencies of the main source file. Use only with flags o and l.
-q	Quiet mode. .PRINT* -directives output nothing.
-t	Test compile. Doesn’t output any files.
-v	Verbose mode. Shows a lot of information about the compiling process.
-x	Extra compile time definitions. WLA does extra work by creating few helpful definitions on the fly.

One (and only one) of the following command flags must be defined.

-l	Output a library file.
-o	Output an object file.

You may also use an extra option to specify the include directory. WLA will search this directory for included files before defaulting to the specified .INCDIR or current working directory.

-I	Directory to include files.

Examples:

[seravy@localhost tbp]# wla -v -i -o testa.o testa.s
[seravy@localhost tbp]# wla -M -o testa.o testa.s
[seravy@localhost tbp]# wla -l testb.lib testb.s
[seravy@localhost tbp]# wla -I ../../include -l testb.lib testb.s
[seravy@localhost tbp]# wla -M -I myfiles -l testa.lib testa.s

Note that the first example produces file named testa.o.