[
{ "directory": "/home/user/llvm/build",
- "command": "/usr/bin/clang++ -Irelative -DSOMEDEF=\"With spaces, quotes and \\-es.\" -c -o file.o file.cc",
+ "arguments": ["/usr/bin/clang++", "-Irelative", "-DSOMEDEF=With spaces, quotes and \\-es.", "-c", "-o", "file.o", "file.cc"],
"file": "file.cc" },
+
+ { "directory": "/home/user/llvm/build",
+ "command": "/usr/bin/clang++ -Irelative -DSOMEDEF=\"With spaces, quotes and \\-es.\" -c -o file.o file.cc",
+ "file": "file2.cc" },
+
...
]
compilation database. There can be multiple command objects for the
same file, for example if the same source file is compiled with
different configurations.
-- **command:** The compile command executed. After JSON unescaping,
- this must be a valid command to rerun the exact compilation step for
- the translation unit in the environment the build system uses.
- Parameters use shell quoting and shell escaping of quotes, with '``"``'
- and '``\``' being the only special characters. Shell expansion is not
- supported.
-- **arguments:** The compile command executed as list of strings.
- Either **arguments** or **command** is required.
+- **arguments:** The compile command argv as list of strings.
+ This should run the compilation step for the translation unit ``file``.
+ ``arguments[0]`` should be the executable name, such as ``clang++``.
+ Arguments should not be escaped, but ready to pass to ``execvp()``.
+- **command:** The compile command as a single shell-escaped string.
+ Arguments may be shell quoted and escaped following platform conventions,
+ with '``"``' and '``\``' being the only special characters. Shell expansion
+ is not supported.
+
+ Either **arguments** or **command** is required. **arguments** is preferred,
+ as shell (un)escaping is a possible source of errors.
- **output:** The name of the output created by this compilation step.
This field is optional. It can be used to distinguish different processing
modes of the same input file.