NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

--build-info

Show build information.

-f, --force

Force actions associated to aliases to be re-executed even if their dependencies haven't changed.

--help[=FMT] (default=auto)

Show this help in format FMT. The value FMT must be one of `auto', `pager', `groff' or `plain'. With `auto', the format is `pager` or `plain' whenever the TERM env var is `dumb' or undefined.

--sandbox=VAL (absent DUNE_SANDBOX env)

Sandboxing mode to use by default. Some actions require a certain sandboxing mode, so they will ignore this setting. The allowed values are: none, symlink, copy.

--version

Show version information.

-w, --watch

Instead of terminating build after completion, wait continuously for file changes.

COMMON OPTIONS

--always-show-command-line

Always show the full command lines of programs executed by dune

--auto-promote

Automatically promote files. This is similar to running dune promote after the build.

--build-dir=FILE (absent DUNE_BUILD_DIR env)

Specified build directory. _build if unspecified

--cache=VAL (absent DUNE_CACHE env)

Activate binary cache (either `disabled' or `enabled'). Default is `disabled'.

--cache-check-probability=VAL (absent=0. or DUNE_CACHE_CHECK_PROBABILITY env)

Probability cached rules are rerun to check for reproducibility

--cache-duplication=VAL (absent DUNE_CACHE_DUPLICATION env)

Binary cache duplication mode

--cache-transport=VAL (absent DUNE_CACHE_TRANSPORT env)

Binary cache protocol

--config-file=FILE

Load this configuration file instead of the default one.

--debug-artifact-substitution

Print debugging info about artifact substitution

--debug-backtraces

Always print exception backtraces.

--debug-dependency-path

In case of error, print the dependency path from the targets on the command line to the rule that failed.

--debug-findlib

Debug the findlib sub-system.

--default-target=TARGET (absent=@@default)

Set the default target that when none is specified to dune build.

--diff-command=VAL

Shell command to use to diff files. Use - to disable printing the diff.

--disable-promotion (absent DUNE_DISABLE_PROMOTION env)

Disable all promotion rules

--display=MODE

Control the display mode of Dune. See dune-config(5) for more details.

--ignore-promoted-rules

Ignore rules with (mode promote), except ones with (only ...). The variable %{ignoring_promoted_rules} in dune files reflects whether this option was passed or not.

--instrument-with=BACKENDS (absent DUNE_INSTRUMENT_WITH env)

"Enable instrumentation by BACKENDS. BACKENDS is a comma-separated list of library names, each one of which must declare an instrumentation backend.

-j JOBS

Run no more than JOBS commands simultaneously.

--no-buffer

Do not buffer the output of commands executed by dune. By default dune buffers the output of subcommands, in order to prevent interleaving when multiple commands are executed in parallel. However, this can be an issue when debugging long running tests. With --no-buffer, commands have direct access to the terminal. Note that as a result their output won't be captured in the log file. You should use this option in conjunction with -j 1, to avoid interleaving. Additionally you should use --verbose as well, to make sure that commands are printed before they are being executed.

--no-config

Do not load the configuration file

--no-print-directory

Suppress "Entering directory" messages

--only-packages=PACKAGES

Ignore stanzas referring to a package that is not in PACKAGES. PACKAGES is a comma-separated list of package names. Note that this has the same effect as deleting the relevant stanzas from dune files. It is mostly meant for releases. During development, it is likely that what you want instead is to build a particular <package>.install target.

-p PACKAGES, --for-release-of-packages=PACKAGES

Shorthand for --release --only-packages PACKAGE. You must use this option in your <package>.opam files, in order to build only what's necessary when your project contains multiple packages as well as getting reproducible builds.

--profile=VAL (absent DUNE_PROFILE env)

Select the build profile, for instance dev or release. The default is dev.

--promote-install-files

Promote the generated <package>.install files to the source tree

--release

Put dune into a reproducible release mode. This is in fact a shorthand for --root . --ignore-promoted-rules --no-config --profile release --always-show-command-line --promote-install-files --default-target @install. You should use this option for release builds. For instance, you must use this option in your <package>.opam files. Except if you already use -p, as -p implies this option.

--root=DIR

Use this directory as workspace root instead of guessing it. Note that this option doesn't change the interpretation of targets given on the command line. It is only intended for scripts.

--store-orig-source-dir (absent DUNE_STORE_ORIG_SOURCE_DIR env)

Store original source location in dune-package metadata

--terminal-persistence=MODE

Changes how the log of build results are displayed to the console between rebuilds while in --watch mode. Supported modes: preserve, clear-on-rebuild.

--trace-file=FILE

Output trace data in catapult format (compatible with chrome://tracing)

--verbose

Same as --display verbose

--workspace=FILE (absent DUNE_WORKSPACE env)

Use this specific workspace file instead of looking it up.

-x VAL

Cross-compile using this toolchain.

MORE HELP

ENVIRONMENT

DUNE_BUILD_DIR

Specified build directory. _build if unspecified

DUNE_CACHE

Activate binary cache (either `disabled' or `enabled'). Default is `disabled'.

DUNE_CACHE_CHECK_PROBABILITY

Probability cached rules are rerun to check for reproducibility

DUNE_CACHE_DUPLICATION

Binary cache duplication mode

DUNE_CACHE_TRANSPORT

Binary cache protocol

DUNE_DISABLE_PROMOTION

Disable all promotion rules

DUNE_INSTRUMENT_WITH

"Enable instrumentation by BACKENDS. BACKENDS is a comma-separated list of library names, each one of which must declare an instrumentation backend.

DUNE_PROFILE

Build profile. dev if unspecified or release if -p is set.

DUNE_SANDBOX

Sandboxing mode to use by default. (see --sandbox)

DUNE_STORE_ORIG_SOURCE_DIR

Store original source location in dune-package metadata

DUNE_WORKSPACE

Use this specific workspace file instead of looking it up.

BUGS