modified: nasm.1 to add newer command line options

modified:   nasm.c to fully parse command line before redirecting stderr.

diff --git a/nasm.1 b/nasm.1
index 7b5d292..d662df8 100644 (file)
--- a/nasm.1
+++ b/nasm.1
@@ -4,23 +4,29 @@ nasm \- the Netwide Assembler, a portable 80x86 assembler
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .B nasm
 [
+.B \-@
+response file
+] [
 .B \-f
 format
 ] [
 .B \-o
 outfile
 ] [
+.B \-l
+listfile
+] [
 .IR options ...
-] infile
+] filename
 .br
 .B nasm \-h
 .br
-.B nasm \-r
+.B nasm \-v
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The
 .B nasm
 command assembles the file
-.I infile
+.I filename
 and directs output to the file
 .I outfile
 if specified. If
@@ -33,11 +39,12 @@ extensions for a raw binary file. Failing that, the output file name
 will be `nasm.out'.
 .SS OPTIONS
 .TP
-.B \-h
+.BI \-@ " filename"
 Causes
 .B nasm
-to exit immediately, after giving a summary of its invocation
-options, and listing all its supported output file formats.
+to process options from 
+.I filename
+as if they were included on the command line.
 .TP
 .B \-a
 Causes
@@ -45,6 +52,14 @@ Causes
 to assemble the given input file without first applying the macro
 preprocessor.
 .TP
+.BI \-D " macro[=value]"
+Pre-defines a single-line macro.
+.TP
+.BI \-d " macro[=value]"
+Same as the
+.B \-D
+option.
+.TP
 .B \-e
 Causes
 .B nasm
@@ -53,44 +68,37 @@ to preprocess the given input file, and write the output to
 (or the specified output file name), and not actually assemble
 anything.
 .TP
-.B \-M
-Causes
-.B nasm
-to output Makefile-style dependencies to stdout; normal output is
-suppressed.
+.BI \-f " format"
+Specifies the output file format. To see a list of valid output
+formats, use the
+.B -hf
+option.
 .TP
-.BI \-E " filename"
+.B \-g
 Causes
 .B nasm
-to redirect error messages to
-.IR filename .
-This option exists to support operating systems on which stderr is not
-easily redirected.
+to generate debug information in selected format
 .TP
-.BI \-r
+.B \-h
 Causes
 .B nasm
-to exit immediately, after displaying its version number.
-.I (obsolete)
+to exit immediately, after giving a summary of its invocation
+options.
 .TP
-.BI \-v
-Causes
-.B nasm
-to exit immediately, after displaying its version number.
+.B \-hf
+Same as
+.B -h
+, but also lists all valid output formats.
 .TP
-.BI \-f " format"
-Specifies the output file format. Formats include
-.IR bin ,
-to produce flat-form binary files, and
-.I aout
-and
-.I elf
-to produce Linux a.out and ELF object files, respectively.
+.BI \-I " directory"
+Adds a directory to the search path for include files. The directory
+specification must include the trailing slash, as it will be
+directly prepended to the name of the include file.
 .TP
-.BI \-o " outfile"
-Specifies a precise name for the output file, overriding
-.BR nasm 's
-default means of determining it.
+.BI \-i " directory"
+Same as the
+.B \-I
+option.
 .TP
 .BI \-l " listfile"
 Causes an assembly listing to be directed to the given file, in
@@ -98,35 +106,19 @@ which the original source is displayed on the right hand side (plus
 the source for included files and the expansions of multi-line
 macros) and the generated code is shown in hex on the left.
 .TP
-.B \-s
-Causes
-.B nasm
-to send its error messages and/or help text to
-.I stdout
-instead of
-.IR stderr .
-.TP
-.BI \-w [+-]foo
+.B \-M
 Causes
 .B nasm
-to enable or disable certain classes of warning messages, for
-example
-.B \-w+orphan-labels
-or
-.B \-w-macro-params
-to, respectively, enable warnings about labels alone on lines or
-disable warnings about incorrect numbers of parameters in macro
-calls.
+to output Makefile-style dependencies to stdout; normal output is
+suppressed.
 .TP
-.BI \-I " directory"
-Adds a directory to the search path for include files. The directory
-specification must include the trailing slash, as it will be
-directly prepended to the name of the include file.
+.BI \-O " number"
+optimize branch offsets (-O0 disables, default).
 .TP
-.BI \-i " directory"
-Same as the
-.B \-I
-option.
+.BI \-o " outfile"
+Specifies a precise name for the output file, overriding
+.BR nasm 's
+default means of determining it.
 .TP
 .BI \-P " file"
 Specifies a file to be pre-included, before the main source file
@@ -137,13 +129,24 @@ Same as the
 .B \-P
 option.
 .TP
-.BI \-D " macro[=value]"
-Pre-defines a single-line macro.
+.BI \-r
+Causes
+.B nasm
+to exit immediately, after displaying its version number.
+.I (obsolete)
 .TP
-.BI \-d " macro[=value]"
-Same as the
-.B \-D
-option.
+.B \-s
+Causes
+.B nasm
+to send its error messages and/or help text to
+.I stdout
+instead of
+.IR stderr .
+.TP
+.B \-t
+Causes
+.B nasm
+to assemble in SciTech TASM compatible mode
 .TP
 .BI \-U " macro"
 Undefines a single-line macro.
@@ -152,6 +155,31 @@ Undefines a single-line macro.
 Same as the
 .B \-U
 option.
+.TP
+.BI \-v
+Causes
+.B nasm
+to exit immediately, after displaying its version number.
+.TP
+.BI \-w [+-]foo
+Causes
+.B nasm
+to enable or disable certain classes of warning messages, for
+example
+.B \-w+orphan-labels
+or
+.B \-w-macro-params
+.TP
+.BI \-X " format"
+specifies error reporting format (gnu or vc).
+.TP
+.BI \-Z " filename"
+Causes
+.B nasm
+to redirect error messages to
+.IR filename .
+This option exists to support operating systems on which stderr is not
+easily redirected.
 .PP
 .RE
 .SS SYNTAX
@@ -452,17 +480,7 @@ and
 .IR %elifnctx
 are also supported.
 .SH BUGS
-There is a reported seg-fault on some (Linux) systems with some
-large source files. This appears to be very hard to reproduce. All
-other
-.I known
-bugs have been fixed...
-.SH RESTRICTIONS
-There is no support for listing files, symbol maps, or debugging
-object-file records. The advanced features of the ELF and Win32
-object file formats are not supported, and there is no means for
-warning the programmer against using an instruction beyond the
-capability of the target processor.
+Please report bugs through the bug tracker function at http://nasm.sourceforge.org.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 .BR as "(" 1 "),"
 .BR ld "(" 1 ")."

diff --git a/nasm.c b/nasm.c
index ed9c6cb..32fa078 100644 (file)
--- a/nasm.c
+++ b/nasm.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ int globalrel = 0;
 static char inname[FILENAME_MAX];
 static char outname[FILENAME_MAX];
 static char listname[FILENAME_MAX];
+static char errname[FILENAME_MAX];
 static int globallineno;        /* for forward-reference tracking */
 /* static int pass = 0; */
 static struct ofmt *ofmt = NULL;
@@ -442,13 +443,7 @@ static int process_arg(char *p, char *q)
             } else if (p[1] == 'l') {   /* listing file */
                 strcpy(listname, param);
             } else if (p[1] == 'Z') {   /* error messages file */
-                error_file = fopen(param, "w");
-                if (!error_file) {
-                    error_file = stderr;        /* Revert to default! */
-                    report_error(ERR_FATAL | ERR_NOFILE | ERR_USAGE,
-                                 "cannot open file `%s' for error messages",
-                                 param);
-                }
+                strcpy(errname, param);
             } else if (p[1] == 'F') {   /* specify debug format */
                 ofmt->current_dfmt = dfmt_find(ofmt, param);
                 if (!ofmt->current_dfmt) {
@@ -724,7 +719,7 @@ static void parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv)
     FILE *rfile;
     char *envreal, *envcopy = NULL, *p, *arg;
 
-    *inname = *outname = *listname = '\0';
+    *inname = *outname = *listname = *errname = '\0';
 
     /*
      * First, process the NASMENV environment variable.
@@ -785,6 +780,17 @@ static void parse_cmdline(int argc, char **argv)
     if (!*inname)
         report_error(ERR_NONFATAL | ERR_NOFILE | ERR_USAGE,
                      "no input file specified");
+    else {
+            if (*errname) {  
+                error_file = fopen(errname, "w");
+                if (!error_file) {
+                    error_file = stderr;        /* Revert to default! */
+                    report_error(ERR_FATAL | ERR_NOFILE | ERR_USAGE,
+                                 "cannot open file `%s' for error messages",
+                                 errname);
+                }
+            }
+    }
 }
 
 /* List of directives */