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sml - an interactive Standard ML system

sml [SML-OPTIONS] [OPTIONS] [FILES]

It is an incremental, interactive compiler that accepts declarations and expressions to be evaluated from standard input.

@SMLload=IMAGE

specifies heap image

@SMLrun=RUNTIME

specifies runtime system

@SMLversion

echo the version of SML/NJ to standard output and then exit

@SMLsuffix

echo the heap suffix for the system to standard output and then exit

@SMLalloc=SIZE

Specify the prefered sice of the

@SMLcmdname=NAME

set the command name; this is the value returned by CommandLine.name().

@SMLverbose

show heap image load progress

@SMLquiet

load heap image silently (default)

@SMLobjects

show list of executable objects

@SMLdebug=FILE

write debugging info to file

-Cctl=value

set the control ctl to value.

-Dname=value

define the CM variable name to have the given value.

-D'name

define the CM variable name to have the value 1.

-Uname

remove any definition of the CM variable name.

-H

produce complete help listing

-h

produce minimal help listing

-hlevel

help with obscurity limit

-S

list all the controls along with their default value

-slevel

limited list of settings. The number of levels of the control heirarchy is controled by level, with 0 printing just the root of the heirarchy.

-E

list all the controls along with their corresponding environment variables

-elevel

limited list of environment variables; The number of levels of the control heirarchy is controled by level, with 0 printing just the root of the heirarchy.

-m

switch to CM.make

-a

switch to CM.autoload; default

file.cm

run CM.make or CM.autoload on file.cm and then return to the SML prompt. Which command is run is determined by the -m and -a flags.

file.sig

execute usefile.sig before entering the SML top-level loop.

file.sml

(use) execute usefile.sml before entering the SML top-level loop.

file.fun

(use) execute usefile.fun before entering the SML top-level loop.

sml(1) was originally created by Andrew Appel and David MacQueen in 1987. The system is currently maintained by David MacQueen and John Reppy.

Copyright © 2014 The Fellowship of SML/NJ

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

smlnj(7)

10/04/2015 SML/NJ 110.79