NAME

SYNOPSIS

OPTIONS

--build-info

Show build information.

--context=CONTEXT

Select context to install from. By default, install files from all defined contexts.

--destdir=PATH (absent DESTDIR env)

When passed, this directory is prepended to all installed paths.

--dry-run

Only display the file operations that would be performed.

-f, --force

Force actions associated to aliases to be re-executed even if their dependencies haven't changed.

--help[=FMT] (default=auto)

Show this help in format FMT. The value FMT must be one of `auto', `pager', `groff' or `plain'. With `auto', the format is `pager` or `plain' whenever the TERM env var is `dumb' or undefined.

--libdir=PATH

Directory where library files are copied, relative to prefix or absolute. If --prefix is specified the default is $prefix/lib, otherwise it is the output of ocamlfind printconf destdir

--prefix=PREFIX

Directory where files are copied. For instance binaries are copied into $prefix/bin, library files into $prefix/lib, etc... It defaults to the current opam prefix if opam is available and configured, otherwise it uses the same prefix as the ocaml compiler.

--version

Show version information.

-w, --watch

Instead of terminating build after completion, wait continuously for file changes.

COMMON OPTIONS

--always-show-command-line

Always show the full command lines of programs executed by dune

--auto-promote

Automatically promote files. This is similar to running dune promote after the build.

--build-dir=FILE (absent DUNE_BUILD_DIR env)

Specified build directory. _build if unspecified

--config-file=FILE

Load this configuration file instead of the default one.

--debug-backtraces

Always print exception backtraces.

--debug-dependency-path

In case of error, print the dependency path from the targets on the command line to the rule that failed.

--debug-findlib

Debug the findlib sub-system.

--default-target=TARGET (absent=@@default)

Set the default target that when none is specified to dune build.

--dev

Same as --profile dev

--diff-command=VAL

Shell command to use to diff files. Use - to disable printing the diff.

--display=MODE

Control the display mode of Dune. See dune-config(5) for more details.

--ignore-promoted-rules

Ignore rules with (mode promote), except ones with (only ...). The variable %{ignoring_promoted_rules} in dune files reflects whether this option was passed or not.

-j JOBS

Run no more than JOBS commands simultaneously.

--no-buffer

Do not buffer the output of commands executed by dune. By default dune buffers the output of subcommands, in order to prevent interleaving when multiple commands are executed in parallel. However, this can be an issue when debugging long running tests. With --no-buffer, commands have direct access to the terminal. Note that as a result their output won't be captured in the log file. You should use this option in conjunction with -j 1, to avoid interleaving. Additionally you should use --verbose as well, to make sure that commands are printed before they are being executed.

--no-config

Do not load the configuration file

--no-print-directory

Suppress "Entering directory" messages

--only-packages=PACKAGES

Ignore stanzas referring to a package that is not in PACKAGES. PACKAGES is a comma-separated list of package names. Note that this has the same effect as deleting the relevant stanzas from jbuild files. It is mostly meant for releases. During development, it is likely that what you want instead is to build a particular <package>.install target.

-p PACKAGES, --for-release-of-packages=PACKAGES

Shorthand for --root . --only-packages PACKAGE --ignore-promoted-rules --no-config --profile release. You must use this option in your <package>.opam files, in order to build only what's necessary when your project contains multiple packages as well as getting reproducible builds.

--profile=VAL (absent DUNE_PROFILE env)

Select the build profile, for instance dev or release. The default is dev.

--root=DIR

Use this directory as workspace root instead of guessing it. Note that this option doesn't change the interpretation of targets given on the command line. It is only intended for scripts.

--store-orig-source-dir (absent DUNE_STORE_ORIG_SOURCE_DIR env)

Store original source location in dune-package metadata

--trace-file=FILE

Output trace data in catapult format (compatible with chrome://tracing)

--verbose

Same as --display verbose

--workspace=FILE (absent DUNE_WORKSPACE env)

Use this specific workspace file instead of looking it up.

-x VAL

Cross-compile using this toolchain.

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ENVIRONMENT

DESTDIR

See option --destdir.

DUNE_BUILD_DIR

Specified build directory. _build if unspecified

DUNE_PROFILE

Build profile. dev if unspecified or release if -p is set.

DUNE_STORE_ORIG_SOURCE_DIR

Store original source location in dune-package metadata

DUNE_WORKSPACE

Use this specific workspace file instead of looking it up.

BUGS