.TH IDLAC 1 "March 23, 2005" "PolyORB team" "PolyORB documentation"

.SH NAME
idlac \- PolyORB's IDL-to-Ada compiler

.SH SYNOPSIS
.B idlac [-Edikpqv] [-[no]ir] [-gnatW8] [-o DIR] idl_file [-cppargs ...]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fIidlac\fP is an IDL-to-Ada compiler, compliant with version 1.2 of the "Ada Language Mapping Specification" produced by the OMG.

.SH OPTIONS
\fIidlac\fP accepts the following options:

.TP 8
.B  \-E
Preprocess only.
.TP 8
.B  \-d
Generate delegation package.
.TP 8
.B  \-i
Generate implementation template.
.TP 8
.B  \-s
Generate server side code.
.TP 8
.B  \-c
Generate client side code.
.TP 8
.B  \-k
Keep temporary files.
.TP 8
.B  \-p
Produce source on standard output.
.TP 8
.B  \-q
Be quiet (default).
.TP 8
.B  \-v
Be verbose.
.TP 8
.B \-ir
Generate code for interface repository.
.TP 8
.B \-noir
Don't generate code for interface repository (default).
.TP 8
.B \-gnatW8
Use UTF8 character encoding.
.TP 8
.B \-o DIR
Specify output directory.
.TP 8
.B \-cppargs ARGS
Pass ARGS to the C++ preprocessor.
.TP 8
.B \-I dir
Shortcut for -cppargs -I dir.

.SH EXIT STATUS
\fIidlac\fP returns one of the following values upon exit:
.TP
.B 0
Successful completion
.TP
.B 1
Usage error
.TP
.B 2
Illegal IDL specification


.SH AUTHORS
The \fIPolyORB\fP team, polyorb-devel@lists.adacore.com.

.SH SEE ALSO
.br
The \fIPolyORB\fP WWW page,
.B
http://libre.adacore.com/polyorb/