CLOJUREC(1)

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💖 CLOJUREC(1) — the clojurec manual page, bestie edition 💖

okay so welcome to the General Commands Manual, section 1, entry CLOJUREC(1). it's giving compiler energy and i'm obsessed. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get you fluent.

✨ NAME ✨

clojurec — the Clojure compiler, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

clojurec [-d destination-directory] [-W/-Wreflect] [-cp/-classpath
classpath] lib1 [lib2 ...]

like, that's the whole vibe. one command, a couple of flags if you want them, and then a whole pile of libs. 🦋

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

This manual page documents briefly the clojurec command — like a lil intro, not the whole saga.

clojurec compiles libs and generates class files stored within the directory named by the -d option, or . if not specified. so if you don't tell it where to put stuff, it's just gonna drop them right in the current directory. main character behavior honestly 💅

Arguments are strings naming the libs to be compiled. and here's the tea, bestie: libs are specified in dotted notation and are loaded from a classpath. for example my.lib refers to a file my/lib.clj contained within a classpath. so the dots turn into slashes, the .clj gets implied, and it goes hunting along your classpath. iconic. ✨

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

A summary of options is included below. yes, all of them. i would never gatekeep.

  • -d destination-directory — Specifies the destination directory for compiled class files. that's where your shiny new classes get to live. 🏠
  • -W, -Wreflect — Causes the compiler to emit warnings when reflection is needed to resolve Java method calls or field accesses. lowkey the most useful flag here — reflection is sneaky and this one snitches on it. 🚨
  • -cp classpath, -classpath classpath — Specifies additional classpath elements. careful though: this option overrides the $CLASSPATH environment variable. it doesn't add on top, it takes over. periodt. 💀

🌈 ENVIRONMENT 🌈

A listing of recognised environment variables is included below.

  • CLASSPATH — Specifies additional classpath elements. your ambient classpath, just vibing in the background, until -cp/-classpath rolls up and steals the show. 🙈

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

💜 AUTHOR 💜

clojurec is a wrapper script around a Java implementation by Rich Hickey <richhickey@gmail.com>. The wrapper script was written by Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk>.

This manual page was written by Peter Collingbourne <peter@pcc.me.uk>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others). shoutout to the Debian girlies, y'all ate. 👑

ngl that's the whole page. no hidden sections, no secret flags, no nothing. go compile something and make it everyone's problem. 🔥

and that's a wrap on the CLOJUREC(1) page from the General Commands Manual — thanks for reading, bestie, ily, bye!! 🌸💖🧚

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