Compiler Information Messages

Disabling the sign-on message

-nologo

Disables the display of the compiler version (or sign-on) message.

When you sign-on, the compiler displays the following information:

ID: the unique identification number for this compiler.
x.y.z: the version of the compiler.
years: the years for which the software is copyrighted.

Printing the list and brief description of the compiler driver options

-help

You can print a list and brief description of the most useful compiler driver options by specifying the -help option to the compiler. To print this list, use this command:

IA-32 compiler:
prompt>ifc -help or prompt>ifc -?

Itanium(TM) compiler:
prompt>efc -help or prompt>efc -?

Showing compiler version and driver tool  commands

-Vstring

Displays compiler version information. Puts string in the .comment section of the object file.

-v

Shows driver tool commands and executes tools.

-dryrun

Shows driver tool commands, but does not execute tools.