MIG(1)

💅 mig — Mach Interface Generator 💅

okay bestie, welcome to MIG(1) — the manual page for the one and only mig. lowkey iconic, fr fr.

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✨ NAME ✨

mig — Mach Interface Generator. that's the name, no cap 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mig [ option ...  ] file

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the mig command invokes the Mach Interface Generator, and its whole main-character job is generating Remote Procedure Call (RPC) code for client-server style Mach IPC from specification files. slay 💖

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -q / -Q — omit / emit warning messages. -q is the quiet one, -Q says speak up bestie 🗣️
• -v / -V — verbose mode (on / off) will summarize types and routines as they are processed. -v turns the yapping on, -V turns it off ✨
• -l / -L — controls (off / on) whether or not generated code logs RPC events to system logs. -l is off, -L is on 🪵
• -k / -K — controls (on / off) whether generated code complies with ANSI C standards. -k is on, -K is off 💅
• -s / -S — controls (on / off) whether generated server-side code includes a generated symbol table. -s is on, -S is off 🧾
• -b / -B — controls (on / off) whether generated code includes bounds-checking annotations, such as __counted_by. -b is on, -B is off 🛡️
• -i prefix — specify User file prefix. yes, capital-U User, keep it cute 💖
• -user path — specify name of user-side RPC generated source file.
• -server path — specify name of server-side RPC generated source file.
• -header path — specify name of user-side generated header file.
• -sheader path — specify name of server-side generated header file.
• -iheader path — specify internal header file name.
• -dheader path — specify defines generated header file.
• -maxonstack value — specify maximum size of message on stack.
• -split — use split headers. periodt ✂️
• -arch arch — specify machine architecture for target code.
• -MD — option is passed to the C compiler for dependency generation.
• -cpp — this option is ignored. not me getting ignored at the function 💀
• -cc path — specify pathname to specific C compiler to use as the preprocessor.
• -migcom path — specify pathname to specific migcom compiler to use for source code generation.
• -isysroot path — specify SDK root directory.

and bestie, heads up: additional options provided are passed along to the C compiler unchanged. no edits, no vibe check, just straight through 🌈

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mwah 💋 this iconic page is brought to you by Apple Computer, Inc., from the General Commands Manual, dated Nov 20, 2009 — go off and read those specs, bestie 🌸✨