sml(1)


NAME

   sml - an interactive Standard ML system

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

OPTIONS

   @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.

AUTHOR

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

COPYING

   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.

SEE-ALSO

   smlnj(7)





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