GUAVAC(1)

NAME
       guavac - a free Java compiler

       guavad - guavac's disassembler

SYNOPSIS
       guavac  [ -version ] [ -classpath directory ] [ -d output-
       directory ] [ -M ] filenames

       guavad filename

DESCRIPTION
       Guavac is a compiler for the Java  (TM)  programming  lan-
       guage  distributed  under  the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE.
       You should feel free to use, copy and modify it, based  on
       the  terms  in the COPYING file included in this distribu-
       tion.  We are distributing guavac free of  charge  in  the
       hopes  that  other people will find it useful and possibly
       enhance its utility in turn.

       All  materials  needed  to  compile   a   HotJava(TM)   or
       Netscape(TM)  compliant  applet are included in the guavac
       distribution.  No proprietary code from Sun is needed,  so
       other  tool  writers should feel free to include guavac in
       their systems.

       Guavac is written in C++ to compile on  any  Unix  system.
       This  has  been  tested under Solaris 2.x, SunOS 4.x, Iris
       5.3,  HP/UX  9,  and  Linux  1.x  using  GNU's  gcc-2.7.2,
       libg++-2.7.1 and binutils-2.6, but other operating systems
       should work without any major changes.

       Guavac is not meant to be the definite GNU Java  compiler.
       There's  a  different project in the works at Cygnus, that
       aims at building a GNU CC front-end for Java.

OPTIONS
       Guavac recognizes the following options.

       -classpath directory
              Set the directory.  It maybe  contains  either  the
              stub  classes  as  distributed  with  guavac in the
              classes.zip file. Or, even  better,  the  directory
              where the classes of Sun's Java Development Kit, or
              JDK for short, reside.

       -d directory
              Set the output directory which  otherwise  defaults
              to the current working directory.

       -M     Prints  out dependencies for compiled files instead
              of compiling.

       -version
              Prints out the current version of guavac.

       Refer to the BUGS section below on philosophical  implica-
       tions of any collection of OPTIONS.

ENVIRONMENT
       Guavac recognizes the CLASSPATH environment variable, con-
       taining a colon separated list  of  directories  where  to
       look  for  compiled  Java  classes; much like the standard
       PATH variable used to find executables.   The  setting  of
       CLASSPATH may be overriden with the -classpath option.

BUGS
       At  present,  after 11 official releases, guavac  is rela-
       tively stable.  However, incompatibilities  arise  between
       guavac  and  Sun's  offerings,  most  of  which  are fixed
       shortly after discovery.

SEE ALSO
       javac(1) jdb(1) kaffe(1) 

AVAILABILITY
       The guavac project's homepage is accessible  via  the
              World-Wide Web at:
              http://http.cs.berkeley.edu/~engberg/guavac/

       AUTHOR Copyright (c) 1995, 1996  by  David  Engberg  (gep-
              petto@eecs.com).   Manual  page  written  and  last
              upated  in    by   Joerg   Heitkoetter   (joke@Ger-
              many.EU.net).