.TH ppc386 1 "30 may 1999" "Free Pascal" "Free Pascal Compiler"
.SH NAME
ppc386 \- Free Pascal Compiler (FPC) binary, name derived 
from Portable Pascal Compiler

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B "ppc386 [options] [sourcefile]"
.BR

.SH DESCRIPTION
This binary is the back-end binary of the
.I Free Pascal Compiler (FPC)
which is a
.I Turbo Pascal
and
.I Delphi (7.0) 
compatible standalone (non GCC frontend) multitarget Pascal compiler.

This binary should not be called directly, instead the 
.B fpc
program should be used instead. 
It will choose the right back-end for compiling units for the requested platforms.

.SH OPTIONS

For a complete list of all supported command-line options, see the
.BR fpc (1)
manual page.

.SH SEE ALSO
.BR  fpc (1)