THRIFT(1)

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💖 thrift(1) — the code generator/compiler for Thrift IDL 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let me tell you about thrift(1) — it's giving compiler, it's giving iconic, and it's literally the whole reason your structs and services get to exist in, like, every language ever. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

thrift [options] source_file

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options, then your file. periodt. 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So. Thrift is a framework for efficient serialization and RPC services — like, it takes your data and your remote calls and makes them fast and pretty across languages. ✨

The thrift compiler accepts a source file containing definitions of Thrift structs and services, and then generates the language-specific code to implement them. so you write it once, and it slays in every language. no cap. 👑

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -version — prints the compiler version and dips (exits). cute and quick. 🫶
  • -o DIRECTORY — sets the output directory for the gen-* packages (default: the current directory, iykyk).
  • -out DIRECTORY — sets the ouput location for generated files. no gen-* folder will be created — it just drops the files right there, no folder drama. 🙈
  • -I DIRECTORY — adds a directory to the list of directories searched for include directives. stack 'em up, bestie. 📚
  • -nowarn — suppresses all compiler warnings. and the manpage itself is screaming (BAD!) at you, so like… noted. 💀
  • -strict — strict compiler warnings on. the opposite energy of -nowarn, and honestly the healthier one. ⭐
  • -v[erbose] — verbose mode. it tells you everything. main character energy, but for logs. 🗣️
  • -r[ecurse] — also generate included files. yes, the included ones too. go off. 🔥
  • -debug — parse debug trace to stdout. for when you need to see the whole thought process. 🔍
  • --gen STRING — generate code with a dynamically-registered generator. STRING has the form:
language[:key1=val1[,key2,[key3=val3]]]

Keys and values are options passed to the generator. Many options will not require values. For a complete list of supported generators, run thrift without arguments. (yes, just run it with nothing. it'll tell you everything it knows. 💖)

ngl, -nowarn is right there and it's literally labeled BAD! in the source material. do with that information what you will. 💅

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Thrift is a top-level project of the Apache Software Foundation, (see http://thrift.apache.org). so like, big deal. big slay. 🌈

This manual page was written by Eric Evans <eevans@debian.org> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚 — this was thrift-compiler, dated July 9, 2012, living in THRIFT(1). go generate something gorgeous. 💜

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