.TH "THRIFT" "1" "July  9, 2012" "thrift-compiler" "thrift"
.SH NAME
thrift \ - code generator/compiler for Thrift IDL
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B thrift
[options] \fIsource_file\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
Thrift is a framework for efficient serialization and RPC services.  The
.B thrift
compiler accepts a source file containing definitions of Thrift structs and services,
and generates the language-specific code to implement them.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-version\fR
.RS 4
print the compiler version and exit
.RE
.TP
\fB\-o DIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
Set the output directory for gen-* packages (default: current directory)
.RE
.TP
\fB\-out DIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
Set the ouput location for generated files. (no gen-* folder will be created)
.RE
.TP
\fB\-I DIRECTORY\fR
.RS 4
Add a directory to the list of directories searched for include directives
.RE
.TP
\fB\-nowarn\fR
.RS 4
Suppress all compiler warnings (BAD!)
.RE
.TP
\fB\-strict\fR
.RS 4
Strict compiler warnings on
.RE
.TP
\fB\-v[erbose]\fR
.RS 4
Verbose mode
.RE
.TP
\fB\-r[ecurse]\fR
.RS 4
Also generate included files
.RE
.TP
\fB\-debug\fR
.RS 4
Parse debug trace to stdout
.RE
.TP
\fB\-\-gen STRING\fR
.RS 4
Generate code with a dynamically-registered generator. STRING has the form
language[:key1=val1[,key2,[key3=val3]]].  Keys and values are options passed to
the generator.  Many options will not require values.  For a complete list of
supported generators, run
.B thrift
without arguments.
.RE
.SH AUTHOR
Thrift is a top-level project of the Apache Software Foundation, (see
http://thrift.apache.org).
.PP
This manual page was written by Eric Evans <eevans@debian.org> for the Debian
system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute
and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
Version 2 or any  later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
.PP
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be
found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.