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• Harbour Make Tool (scroll/read further down in this page)

• Harbour Make Tool (hb 3.4 fork)

• HbIDE (Qt based IDE)

• xMate IDE (binaries) and users-group at yahoo (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/xmate_users/info) (dead link! --along with other "old good things" at yahoo; decided to left it here just "for the record"...)

• DB* Tools

  • DBU binaries
    The well-known old good dbu utility from clipper era, patched to work with Harbour.

  • DbcH
    Data Base Control (Harbour) is an utility that allows complete multi-user access to xBASE databases and indexes. Made by Alexander Kresin, highly recommended!

  • DBFNavigator
    a quite good windows utility for viewing and editing DBF files. I'm using it for years with no problems.

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• Atom editor
  • language-harbour package (by hernad)
  • linter-harbour
• Sublime Text 3
  • package for Harbour language (by Carlos Britos).
• Visual Studio Code
  • Harbour Syntax Highlighting

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Tip 1: how to redirect hbmk2 help (syntax) to a text file for viewing with an editor
         hbmk2 --help > hbmk2.txt
         (see also: hbmk2 -viewhelp switch, which creates/opens a temporary .txt help file.)

Tip 2: how to redirect build output to a log file for viewing with an editor
         hbmk2 demo > demo.log 2>&1

hbmk2 is an 'integrated' and 'portable' build tool, making it possible to create various types of executable binaries (executable, dynamic library, static library, Harbour portable binary) out of multiple types of source files (C, C++, Objective-C, Harbour, gettext translations, Windows resources).

• 'Integrated' means that a single hbmk2 project file can control all or most aspects of the build process.
• 'Portable' means that a single hbmk2 project file can control the build on all supported OS platforms and across all supported C compilers. It also aims to cover the majority of build tasks via short and simple project files (options). hbmk2 supports pure -non-Harbour- C/C++/Objective-C projects as well.

In order to achieve above goals, hbmk2 will autodetect Harbour, C compiler and other required tools, then configure and call them appropriately. hbmk2 allows to extend the types of supported source files via plugins.
Besides building executables, hbmk2 is able to run Harbour scripts (both source and precompiled) directly, and it also features an interactive shell prompt.

• hbmk2 [options] [<script[s]>] <src[s][.prg|.c|.obj|.o|.rc|.res|.def|.po|.pot|.hbl|@.clp|.d|.ch]>

• hbmk2 myprog.prg -> does compile/link the source file named myprog.prg and creates myprog.exe (if no errors..)
• hbmk2 myprog.prg csource.c -oMain -> does compile/link both files named myprog.prg & csource.c and creates Main.exe (if no errors..)
• hbmk2 myapp.hbp -> does compile/link all source files (*.prg and/or *.c) contained into myapp.hbp (harbour-project) file and (if no errors..) creates myapp.exe or whatever executable name might have been explicitly defined inside myapp.hbp using -o<exename> switch. (Note that the .exe extension is automatically appended only on Windows, while on other *nix like systems, where is not mandatory, has to be given explicitly, if such a thing is for some reason needed).

• -o<outname> output file name

• -l<libname> link with <libname> library. <libname> should be without path, extension and 'lib' prefix (unless part of the name). Do not add core Harbour libraries, they are automatically added as needed. If <libname> starts with a '-' character, the library will be removed from the list of libraries at link time.

• -L<libpath> additional path to search for libraries

• -i<p>|-incpath=<p> additional path to search for headers

• -static|-shared link with static/shared libs

• -gt<name> link with GT<name> GT driver, can be repeated to link with more GTs. First one will be the default at run-time

• -inc[-] enable/disable incremental build mode (default: disabled)

• -hbexe create executable (default)

• -hblib create static library

• -hbdyn create dynamic library (without linked Harbour VM)

• -hbdynvm create dynamic library (with linked Harbour VM)

• -mt|-st link with multi/single-thread Harbour VM

• -gui|-std create GUI/console executable

• -main=<mainfunc> override the name of starting function/procedure

• -request=<func> force function/procedure to be linked

• -fullstatic link with all static libs

• -pic[-] create position independent object code (always enabled in -hbdyn/-hbdynvm modes)

• -[full|fix]shared create shared Harbour binaries without/with absolute dir reference to Harbour library (default: 'fullshared' when Harbour is installed on system location, 'fixshared' otherwise) (fix/full option in *nix only)

• -nulrdd[-] link with nulrdd

• -debug[-] add/exclude C compiler debug info. For Harbour level debug, use Harbour option -b as usual

• -optim[-] toggle C compiler optimizations (default: on)

• -cpp[-] force C++/C mode

• -cpp=<value> select C++ mode. Allowed values are: def, yes, no

• -map[-] create (or not) a map file

• -implib[-] create (or not) an import library (in -hbdyn/-hbexe mode). The name will have a postfix added.

• -implib=<output> create import library (in -hbdyn/-hbexe mode) name to <output> (default: same as output)

• -ln=<link> create symbolic link pointing to <output> (<link> is considered relative to <output>)

• -strip[-] strip (no strip) binaries

• -trace[-] show commands executed

• -beep[-] enable (or disable) single beep on successful exit, double beep on failure

• -ignore[-] ignore errors when running compiler tools (default: off)

• -hbcppmm[-] override standard C++ memory management functions with Harbour ones

• -winuni[-] select between UNICODE (WIDE) and ANSI compilation modes (default: ANSI) (Windows only. For WinCE it is always set to UNICODE)

• -nohblib[-] do not use static core Harbour libraries when linking

• -nodefgt[-] do not link default GTs (effective in -static mode)

• -nolibgrouping[-] disable library grouping on gcc based compilers

• -nomiscsyslib[-] do not add extra list of system libraries to default library list

• -traceonly show commands to be executed, but do not execute them

• -warn=<level> set C compiler warning level
  <level> can be: max, yes, low, no, def (default: yes)

• -safe[-] enable safety options in C compiler/linker (default: enabled on Windows, disabled on other systems)

• -compr=<level> compress executable/dynamic lib (needs UPX tool)
  <level> can be: yes, no, min, max

• -run[-] run/do not run output executable

• -vcshead=<file> generate .ch header file with local repository information. Git, SVN, Mercurial, Bazaar, Fossil, CVS and Monotone are currently supported. Generated header will define preprocessor constant _HBMK_VCS_TYPE_ with the name of detected VCS and _HBMK_VCS_ID_ with the unique ID of local repository. If no VCS system is detected, a sequential number will be rolled automatically on each build.

• -tshead=<file> generate .ch header file with timestamp information. Generated header will define preprocessor constants _HBMK_BUILD_DATE_, _HBMK_BUILD_TIME_, _HBMK_BUILD_TIMESTAMP_ with the date/time of build

• -icon=<file> set <file> as application icon. <file> should be a supported format on the target platform (not supported by some platforms/compilers). On Windows, it is implemented by generating and linking a resource file.

• -manifest=<file> embed manifest <file> in executable/dynamic lib (Windows only)

• -sign=<key> sign executable with <key> (Windows and Darwin only). On Windows signtool.exe is used (part of MS Windows SDK) or posign.exe (part of Pelles C 7), in that order, both autodetected.

• -signpw=<pw> use <pw> as password when signing executable (Windows and Darwin only)

• -instfile=<g:file> add <file> in to the list of files to be copied to path specified by -instpath option. <g> is an optional copy group (case sensitive), it must be at least two characters long. In case you do not specify <file>, the list of files in that group will be emptied.

• -instpath=<g:path> copy target file(s) to <path>. if <path> is a directory, it should end with path separator, in this case files specified by -instfile option will also be copied. can be specified multiple times. <g> is an optional copy group, it must be at least two characters long. Build target will be automatically copied to default (empty) copy group. There exist following built-in <g> groups: 'depimplib' for import libraries and 'depimplibsrc' for import library source (.dll) files, both belonging to dependencies.

• -instforce[-] copy target file(s) to install path even if already up to date

• -depimplib[-] enable (or disable) import library generation for import library sources specified in -depimplibs= options (default: yes)

• -stop[=<text>] stop without doing anything and display <text> if specified

• -echo=<text> echo text on screen

• -pause force waiting for a key on exit in case of failure (with alternate GTs only)

• -exitstr show error result as human readable text on exit

• -info turn on informational messages

• -quiet[-] suppress all screen messages

• -bldf[-] inherit all/no (default) flags from Harbour build

• -bldf=[p][c][l] inherit .prg/.c/linker flags (or none) from Harbour build

• -F<framework> link with <framework> framework (Darwin only)

• -prgflag=<f> pass single flag to Harbour compiler

• -cflag=<f> pass single flag to C compiler

• -resflag=<f> pass single flag to resource compiler (Windows only)

• -ldflag=<f> pass single flag to linker (executable)

• -dflag=<f> pass single flag to linker (dynamic library)

• -aflag=<f> pass single flag to linker (static library)

• -iflag=<f> pass single flag to import library creation command

• -signflag=<f> pass single flag to code sign command

• -runflag=<f> pass single flag to output executable when -run option is used

• -cflag+=<f> pass single flag to C compiler overriding C compiler flags added by hbmk2 itself. Use with caution.

• -ldflag+=<f> pass single raw option to linker (executable) after the library list. Use with caution.

• -dflag+=<f> pass single raw option to linker (dynamic library) after the library list. Use with caution.

• -3rd=<f> options/flags reserved for 3rd party tools, always ignored by hbmk2 itself

• -env:<e>[<o>[<v>]] alter local environment. <e> is the name of the environment variable to alter. <o> can be '=' to set/override, '-' to delete, '+' to append to the end of existing value, '#' to insert to the beginning of existing value. <v> is the value to set/append/insert.

• -jobs=<n> start n compilation threads (multiprocess platforms only)

• -head=<m> control source header parsing (in incremental build mode)
  <m> can be: native (uses compiler to extract dependencies), full (default, uses simple text parser on the whole file), dep, off

• -rebuild rebuild (in incremental build mode)

• -rebuildall rebuild with sub-projects (in incremental build mode)

• -clean clean (in incremental build mode)

• -workdir=<dir> working directory
  (default: .hbmk/<platform>/<compiler> [*] in incremental mode, OS temp directory otherwise)

• -hbcontainer virtual build target, it does not create anything. Useful for creating an .hbp with the sole purpose of referencing sub-projects

• -hbimplib create import library (Windows only)

• -hbl[=<output>] output .hbl filename. %{hb_lng} macro is accepted in filename

• -lng=<languages> list of languages to be replaced in %{hb_lng} macros in .pot/.po filenames and output .hbl/.po filenames. Comma separated list:
  -lng=en,hu-HU,de

• -po=<output> create/update .po file from source. Merge it with previous .po file of the same name

• -minipo[-] do (not) add Harbour version number and source file reference to .po (default: add them)

• -rebuildpo recreate .po file, thus removing all obsolete entries in it

• -hbx=[<.ch>] Create Harbour header (in .hbx format) with all external symbols. Empty parameter will disable it.

• -autohbc=<.ch:.hbc> <.ch> is a header file name. <.hbc> is a .hbc filename to be automatically included in case the header is found in any of the compiled sources. (EXPERIMENTAL)

• -deppkgname=<d:n> <d> is the name of the dependency. <n> name of the package dependency. Can be specified multiple times.

• -depkeyhead=<d:h> <d> is the name of the dependency. <h> is the key header (.h) of the package dependency. Multiple alternative headers can be specified.

• -depoptional=<d:f> <d> is the name of the dependency. <f> can be 'yes' or 'no', specifies whether the dependency is optional. Default: no

• -depcontrol=<d:v> <d> is the name of the dependency. <v> is a value that controls how detection is done. Accepted values: no, yes, force, nolocal, local. Default: content of environment variable HBMK_WITH_<d>

• -depincroot=<d:r> <d> is the name of the dependency. Set <r> as root directory for paths specified in -depincpath options.

• -depincpath=<d:i> <d> is the name of the dependency. Add <i> to the header detection path list.

• -depincpathlocal=<d:i> <d> is the name of the dependency. Add <i> to the header detection path list, where <i> is pointing to a directory local to the project and containing an embedded (aka. 'locally hosted') dependency.

• -depimplibs=<d:dll> <d> is the name of the dependency. Add <dll> to the import library source list.

• -depimplibd=<d:lib> <d> is the name of the dependency. Set generated import library name to <lib>

• -depfinish=<d> <d> is the name of the dependency. Closes the dependency definition and does the actual dependency detection, setting all predefined filter macro variables and build options accordingly. Optional, if omitted, detection will take place after processing all options.

• -plugin=<filename> add plugin. <filename> can be: .hb, .prg, .hrb

• -pi=<filename> pass input file to plugins

• -pflag=<f> pass single flag to plugins

Options below are available on command-line:

• -target=<script> specify a new build target. <script> can be .prg (or no extension) or .hbp file. Note that .hbp files are automatically considered as separate build targets.

• -hbrun run build target

• -hbraw stop after running Harbour compiler

• -hbcmp|-clipper stop after creating the object files
  create link/copy hbmk2 to hbcmp/clipper for the same effect

• -hbcc accept raw C flags
  create link/copy hbmk2 to hbcc for the same effect

• -hblnk accept raw linker flags

• -autohbm[-] enable (or disable) processing of hbmk.hbm in current directory (default: yes)

• -hb10 enable Harbour 1.0.x compatibility mode

• -hb20 enable Harbour 2.0.x compatibility mode

• -hb30 enable Harbour 3.0.x compatibility mode

• -xhb enable xhb mode

• -hbc enable pure C mode

• -rtlink

• -blinker

• -exospace emulate Clipper compatible linker behavior
  create link/copy hbmk2 to rtlink/blinker/exospace for the same effect

• -hbreg[=global] register Harbour Script (.hb) with hbmk2 (Windows only)

• -hbunreg[=global] unregister Harbour Script (.hb) from hbmk2 (Windows only)

• -find <text> lists all known Harbour functions that contain <text> in their name, along with their package (case insensitive, accepts multiple values, can contain wildcard characters)

• -hbmake=<file> convert hbmake project <file> to .hbp file

• -xbp=<file> convert .xbp (xbuild) project <file> to .hbp file

• -xhp=<file> convert .xhp (xMate) project <file> to .hbp file

• --hbdirbin output Harbour binary directory to stdout

• --hbdirdyn output Harbour dynamic library directory to stdout

• --hbdirlib output Harbour static library directory to stdout

• --hbdirinc output Harbour header directory to stdout

• --hbinfo[=nested] output Harbour build information to stdout. Output is in JSON format. The included paths always contain forward slashes. Each JSON block is followed by an 0x0A byte.

• -plat=<platform> override default target platform (default: automatic)

• -cpu=<cpu> override default target CPU (default: automatic) (EXPERIMENTAL)

• -comp=<compiler> override C compiler autodetection
  Special value:
  - bld: use original build settings (default on *nix)

• -build=<name> specify a build name

• -lang=<lang> override default language. <lang> is an ISO language code.

• -width=<n> set output width to <n> characters (0=unlimited).

• -shl show sub-project level in output lines

• -viewhelp long help in text viewer

• -longhelp long help

• -longhelpmd long help in Markdown format

• -harbourhelp Harbour compiler help (all Harbour compiler options are accepted as is by hbmk2)

• -credits Harbour compiler credits

• -build Harbour compiler build information

• -version display version header only

Options below are internal/developer ones (compatibility not guaranteed):

• -debugtime measure time spent on the build
• -debuginc display internals of incremental build
• -debugstub display content of all internally generated source files
• -debugi18n display internals on translation file generation
• -debugdepd display internals of dependency detection
• -debugpars display all input parameters in processing order
• -debugrte generate a run-time error

You can sym-link/copy/rename hbmk2 to the following names to alter default mode of operation:

• hbrun*|*hbrun mode script runner / interactive shell
• hbrund|hbrun*d mode script runner / interactive shell in debug mode
• harbour mode -hbraw (emulate - raw - Harbour compiler)
• clipper mode -hbcmp (emulate Clipper compiler)
• rtlink mode -rtlink (emulate Clipper linker)
• exospace mode -rtlink (emulate Clipper linker)
• blinker mode -rtlink (emulate Clipper linker)
• *10 option -hb10
• *20 option -hb20
• *30 option -hb30
• x* option -xhb
• hbcmp*|*hbcmp mode -hbcmp (emulate Harbour compiler producing a binary object)
• hbcc*|*hbcc mode -hbcc (emulate C compiler)
• hblnk*|*hblnk mode -hblnk (emulate C linker)
• hbexe*|*hbexe mode -hbexe
• hblib*|*hblib mode -hblib
• hbdyn*|*hbdyn mode -hbdyn

• *.hbp project file. Can contain any number of command-line options, which are expected to create an output. Lines beginning with '#' character are ignored, otherwise newline is optional and options are space separated, just like on the command-line. You must enclose option containing space in double quotes. Each .hbp file reference will be executed as a sub-project.

• *.hbm collection of options. Can be used to collect common ones into a file and include that into project files. Uses same format as .hbp files.

• *.hbc collection of options that accompany components (aka 'libs', aka packages). Use different syntax than command-line and .hbp/.hbm files. Lines beginning with '#' character are ignored, each directive must be placed in separate line.

• *.ch if passed directly as a source file, it will be used as additional standard header

• hbmk.hbc standard .hbc file that gets automatically processed, if present. Possible location(s) (in order of precedence) [*]: %APPDATA%\.harbour, <hbmk2 directory>

• hbmk.hbm optional .hbm file residing in current working directory, which gets automatically processed before other options

• $hb_pkg_dynlib.hbm special .hbm file embedded inside hbmk2. It manages the details of creating a dynamic library (in the style of Harbour contribs).

• $hb_pkg_install.hbm special .hbm file embedded inside hbmk2. It manages the details of installing build targets and related package files to standard locations (in the style of Harbour contribs).

• *.hb Harbour script

• *.hrb Harbour portable binary (aka precompiled Harbour script)

• hbstart.hb startup Harbour script for interactive Harbour shell. It gets executed automatically on shell startup, if present. Possible locations (in order of precedence) [*]: .\, %APPDATA%\.harbour, <hbmk2 directory>

• shell plugins .hb and .hrb plugins for interactive Harbour shell. They may reside in [*]: %APPDATA%\.harbour\

• .hb_history stores command history for interactive Harbour shell. You can disable history by making the first line 'no' (without quotes and with newline). Resides in [*]: %APPDATA%\.harbour\

• hb_extension list of extensions to load in interactive Harbour shell. One extension per line, part of line beyond a '#' character is ignored. Alternate filename on MS-DOS: hb_ext.ini. Resides in [*]: %APPDATA%\.harbour\

• ${hb_root} directory of hbmk2
• ${hb_dir} directory of the filename it is used in
• ${hb_dirname} top directory of the filename it is used in
• ${hb_name} name of the filename it is used in (without directory and extension)
• ${hb_self} full filename it is used in
• ${hb_curdir} current working directory
• ${hb_tempdir} OS directory for temporary files
• ${hb_targetname} name of the project (without directory and extension). Returns .adhoc. if there is not project file.
• ${hb_targettype} type of the project (hbexe, hblib, hbdyn, hbdynvm, hbimplib, hbppo, hbhrb, hbcontainer)
• ${hb_plat} selected platform
• ${hb_comp} selected C compiler
• ${hb_comp_ver} C compiler version
• ${hb_build} build name
• ${hb_cpu} selected CPU
• ${hb_work} default base workdir name
• ${hb_workdynsub} default workdir subdirectory for dynamic library targets
• ${hb_dynprefix} dynamic library prefix
• ${hb_dynsuffix} dynamic library suffix
• ${hb_dynext} dynamic library extension
• ${hb_ver} Harbour version in hexadecimal triple byte format. F.e.: 030200
• ${hb_verstr} Harbour version in human readable format <major>.<minor>.<release><status>. F.e.: 3.2.0dev
• ${hb_major} Harbour major version number
• ${hb_minor} Harbour minor version number
• ${hb_release} Harbour release version number
• ${hb_status} Harbour version status
• ${hb_revision} Harbour revision
• ${hb_host_plat} Harbour host platform
• ${hb_host_plat_unix} returns '1' if Harbour host platform is *nix compatible
• ${hb_bin} Harbour binary directory
• ${hb_lib} Harbour static library directory
• ${hb_lib3rd} Harbour 3rd party static library directory
• ${hb_dyn} Harbour dynamic library directory
• ${hb_inc} Harbour header directory
• ${hb_addons} Harbour add-ons base directory
• ${hb_first} name of source file that holds the entry function (without directory and extension)
• ${hb_outputdir} directory of the output
• ${hb_outputname} name of the output (without extension)
• ${hb_level} sub-project recursion level
• ${<depname>} returns the header directory of dependency <depname>, or '1' if it is not detected
• ${<envvar>} returns the value of the environment variable <envvar>

• {<platform>} target platform. Where <platform> can be any value accepted by -plat= option.
• {<compiler>} target C compiler. Where <compiler> can be any value accepted by -comp= option.
• {<cpu>} target CPU. Where <cpu> can be any of: x86, x86_64, ia64, arm, mips, sh
• {<targettype>} build target type. Where <targettype> is any of the values returned by macro variable ${hb_targettype}.
• {mt} build target is multi-threaded (see -mt option)
• {st} build target is single-threaded (see -st option)
• {gui} GUI target (see -gui option)
• {std} console target (see -console option)
• {debug} C level debugging is enabled (see -debug option)
• {nodebug} C level debugging is disabled (see -debug- option)
• {shared} shared build (see -shared and related options)
• {static} static build (see -static and related options)
• {lngcpp} forced C++ mode (see -cpp option)
• {lngc} forced C mode (see -cpp- option)
• {winuni} Windows UNICODE (WIDE) mode (see -winuni option)
• {winansi} Windows ANSI mode (see -winuni- option)
• {unix} target platform is *nix compatible (bsd, hpux, sunos, beos, qnx, android, vxworks, symbian, linux, darwin, cygwin, minix, aix)
• {allwin} target platform is Windows compatible (win, wce)
• {allgcc} target C compiler belongs to gcc family (gcc, mingw, mingw64, mingwarm, djgpp, gccomf, clang, open64, pcc)
• {allmingw} target C compiler is mingw* (mingw, mingw64, mingwarm)
• {allmsvc} target C compiler is msvc* (msvc, msvc64, msvcia64, msvcarm)
• {allbcc} target C compiler is bcc* (bcc, bcc64)
• {allpocc} target C compiler is pocc* (pocc, pocc64, poccarm)
• {allicc} target C compiler is icc* (icc, iccia64)
• {hb10} Harbour 1.0.x compatibility mode (see -hb10 option)
• {hb20} Harbour 2.0.x compatibility mode (see -hb20 option)
• {hb30} Harbour 3.0.x compatibility mode (see -hb30 option)
• {xhb} xhb mode (see -xhb option)
• {hb_ispath='<file|dir>'} filter will pass if <file> or <dir> name exists on disk.
• {MACRO} filter will pass if ${MACRO} value is not empty and not equal to '0' or 'no' (case insensitive)
• {MACRO='<value>'} filter will pass if ${MACRO} value equals to <value> (case insensitive).
• {MACRO>'<value>'} filter will pass if ${MACRO} value is larger than <value> (case insensitive).
• {MACRO<'<value>'} filter will pass if ${MACRO} value is smaller than <value> (case insensitive).

• __HBSCRIPT__HBMK_PLUGIN when an .hb script is compiled as hbmk2 plugin

• __HBEXTREQ__ when an .hbx source file is present in a project (available in Harbour sources)

• HBMK_HAS_<hbcname> when <hbcname>.hbc package is linked to the build target. The value is the version= value from the .hbc file, converted to a decimal number, which is '1', if not specified. (available in Harbour sources)

• HBMK_HAS_<depname> when <depname> dependency was detected (available in C sources)

• __HBSCRIPT__HBSHELL when a Harbour source file is run as a shell script

• <standard Harbour> __PLATFORM__*, __ARCH*BIT__, __*_ENDIAN__, etc...

Predefined constants in build files (they are available after '-depfinish=<depname>' / 'depfinish=<depname>'):

• HBMK_HAS_<depname> when <depname> dependency was detected
• HBMK_DIR_<depname> return the header directory where <depname> was detected, or empty if it was not.
• HBMK_HAS_<depname>_LOCAL when <depname> dependency was detected in a location configured by -depincpathlocal= option

• HBMK_OPTIONS accepts any options as if they were passed in the beginning of the command-line

• HB_PLATFORM accepts same values as -plat= option

• HB_COMPILER accepts same values as -comp= option

• HB_CPU accepts same values as -cpu= option

• HB_BUILD_NAME accepts same values as -build= option

• HB_LANG accepts same values as -lang= option

• HB_USER_LIBS accepts same values (space separated) as -l option

• HB_USER_LIBPATHS accepts same values (space separated) as -L option

• HB_USER_PRGFLAGS options to be passed to Harbour compiler (before command-line options)

• HB_USER_CFLAGS options to be passed to C compiler (before command-line options)

• HB_USER_RESFLAGS options to be passed to resource compiler (before command-line options) (Windows only)

• HB_USER_LDFLAGS options to be passed to linker (executable) (before command-line options)

• HB_USER_DFLAGS options to be passed to linker (dynamic library) (before command-line options)

• HB_USER_AFLAGS options to be passed to linker (static library) (before command-line options)

• HB_COMPILER_VER override C compiler version autodetection (gcc and msvc compiler families only). Format: <15><00>[.<00>] = <major><minor>[.<revision>]

• HB_CCPATH override C compiler executable directory (gcc compiler families only)

• HB_CCPREFIX override C compiler executable prefix (gcc compiler families only)

• HB_CCSUFFIX override C compiler executable suffix (gcc compiler families only)

• HB_INSTALL_PREFIX override Harbour base installation directory

• HB_INSTALL_ADDONS override Harbour base add-ons directory

• HB_EXTENSION space separated list of extensions to load in interactive Harbour shell

• echo=<msg> display <msg>
• skip=[<msg>] skip processing the rest of the .hbc file. Display <msg>, if specified.
• stop=[<msg>] stop the build. Display <msg>, if specified.
• sources= add space separated list of files as input files
• headers= add space separated list of .ch format headers as standard header
• libs= add space separated list of libraries (see more at -l option)
• frameworks= add space separated list of frameworks (Darwin only)
• requests= add space separated list of symbols to force link to the build target
• syslibs= add space separated list of libraries as system libraries (before regular libraries)
• hbcs= embed space separated list of .hbc files. Names without the extension is accepted. These references are processed in place.
• autohbcs= space separated list of values as in -autohbc= option
• libpaths= space separated list of additional library paths
• incpaths= add space separated list of additional header paths (for both Harbour and C)
• instfiles= space separated list of values as in -instfile= option
• instpaths= space separated list of values as in -instpath= option
• prgflags= space separated list of values as in -prgflag= option
• cflags= space separated list of values as in -cflag= option
• resflags= space separated list of values as in -resflag= option
• ldflags= space separated list of values as in -ldflag= option
• ldflags+= space separated list of values as in -ldflag+= option
• dflags= space separated list of values as in -dflag= option
• dflags+= space separated list of values as in -dflag+= option
• pflags= space separated list of values as in -pflag= option
• psources= space separated list of values as in -pi= option
• gui=<bool> 'yes' = -gui, 'no' = -std option
• mt=<bool> 'yes' = -mt, 'no' = -st option
• pic=<bool> 'yes' = -pic, 'no' = -pic- option
• shared=<bool> 'yes' = -shared, 'no' = -static option
• shareddef=<bool> similar to shared=, but works only if shared/static mode was not set before
• fullstatic=<bool> 'yes' = -fullstatic, 'no' = -static option
• debug=<bool> 'yes' = -debug, 'no' = -debug- option
• optim= 'yes' = -optim, 'no' = -optim- option
• nulrdd=<bool> 'yes' = -nulrdd, 'no' = -nulrdd- option
• nodefgt=<bool> 'yes' = -nodefgt, 'no' = -nodefgt- option
• map=<bool> 'yes' = -map, 'no' = -map- option
• hbcppmm=<bool> 'yes' = -hbcpmm, 'no' = -hbcpmm- option
• implib=<bool> 'yes' = -implib, 'no' = -implib- option
• winuni=<bool> 'yes' = -winuni, 'no' = -winuni- option
• strip=<bool> 'yes' = -strip, 'no' = -strip- option
• run=<bool> 'yes' = -run, 'no' = -run- option
• inc=<bool> 'yes' = -inc, 'no' = -inc- option
• safe=<bool> 'yes' = -safe, 'no' = -safe- option
• cpp= same as -cpp= option
• warn= same as -warn= option
• compr= same as -compr= option
• head= same as -head= option
• plugins= space separated list of hbmk2 plugins to load
• gt=<name> same as -gt<name> option
• gtdef=<name> set the default GT to be used
• env= same as -env: option
• deppkgname= same as -deppkgname= option
• depkeyhead= same as -depkeyhead= option
• depoptional= same as -depoptional= option
• depcontrol= same as -depcontrol= option
• depincroot= same as -depincroot= option
• depincpath= same as -depincpath= option
• depincpathlocal= same as -depincpathlocal= option
• depimplibs= same as -depimplibs= option
• depimplibd= same as -depimplibd= option
• depfinish= same as -depfinish= option
• name= package name
• description= package description
• version=<x.y.z> package version number, where x,y,z >= 0 <= 255. Defaults to 0.0.1, if not specified.
• keywords= space separated list of keywords
• licences= space separated list of licenses
• repository= space separated list of source repository references

('hbmk' is the context variable received by the plugin entry function)

• hbmk_Register_Input_File_Extension( hbmk, <cExt> ) -> NIL
  Register input file extension to be passed to plugin (by default all unknown file extensions are passed to Harbour compiler).
• hbmk_AddInput_PRG( hbmk, <cFileName> ) -> NIL
  Add a Harbour input file to the project.
• hbmk_AddInput_C( hbmk, <cFileName> ) -> NIL
  Add a C input file to the project.
• hbmk_AddInput_CPP( hbmk, <cFileName> ) -> NIL
  Add a C++ input file to the project.
• hbmk_AddInput_RC( hbmk, <cFileName> ) -> NIL
  Add a Windows resource input file to the project.
• hbmk_AddInput_OBJ( hbmk, <cFileName> ) -> NIL
  Add a binary object file to the project.
• hbmk_AddInput_INSTFILE( hbmk, <cFileName>, [<cGroup>] ) -> NIL
  Add a file to be installed, with an optional -instpath= group name.
• hbmk_OutStd( hbmk, <cText> ) -> NIL
  Output text to stdout.
• hbmk_OutErr( hbmk, <cText> ) -> NIL
  Output text to stderr.
• hbmk_OutStdRaw( hbmk, ... ) -> NIL
  Output text to stdout without any formatting.
• hbmk_OutErrRaw( hbmk, ... ) -> NIL
  Output text to stderr without any formatting.
• hbmk_Macro( hbmk, <cMacro> ) -> <cResult>
  Evaluate hbmk2 macro expression.
• hbmk_FNameEscape( hbmk, <cFileName> ) -> <cFileName>
  Escape/quote filename for using it as external command parameter.
• hbmk_PathSepToTarget( hbmk, <cFileName> ) -> <cFileName>
  Convert filename to the format required for the target platform/C compiler.
• hbmk_PathSepToForward( <cPath> ) -> <cPath>
  Convert filename to have forward slash directory separators.
• hbmk_PathFromWorkdirToCWD( hbmk ) -> <cRelativePath>
  Return relative path of -workdir= value from current working directory.
• hbmk_FindInPath( <cFileName>, [<xPath>], [<aExtDef>] ) -> <cFNFound> | NIL
  Find file in <xPath> (array or pathsep delimited string are accepted) with list of <aExtDef> alternate extensions (defaults to executable binaries). Returns filename if found and NIL if not.
• hbmk_FNameDirExtSet( <cFileName>, [<cDirNew>], [<cExtNew>] ) -> <cFileName>
  Change directory and/or extension in filename.
• hbmk_FuncNameEncode( <cFuncName> ) -> <cFuncNameEncoded>
  Encode function name according to Harbour compiler rules for forming HB_FUNC() function names in C code.
• hbmk_StrStripQuote( <cString> ) -> <cString>
  Strip double quote enclosure from a string.
• hbmk_ArrayToList( <aList>, [<cSeparator>] ) -> <cList>
  Convert array of strings to a string. Default separator is a single space.

('hbmk' context hash items, case-sensitive, read-only unless marked otherwise)

• "apiver" API version as an integer
• "cSTATE" callback state. Can be: 'init', 'pre_all', 'pre_prg', 'pre_res', 'pre_c', 'pre_link', 'pre_lib', 'pre_cleanup', 'post_build', 'post_all'
• "params" array of parameters passed to plugins via -pflag=/pi= options or having an extension registered via hbmk_Register_Input_File_Extension()
• "vars" hash of plugin custom variables. Writable, local to each plugin
• "cPLAT" -plat value
• "cCOMP" -comp value
• "nCOMPVer" see HB_COMPILER_VER envvar
• "cCPU" -cpu value
• "cBUILD" -build= value
• "cOUTPUTNAME" -o value
• "cTARGETNAME" see ${hb_targetname} macro
• "cTARGETTYPE" see ${hb_targettype} macro
• "lREBUILD" -rebuild option status
• "lCLEAN" -clean option status
• "lDEBUG" -debug option status
• "lMAP" -map option status
• "lSTRIP" -strip option status
• "lDONTEXEC" -traceonly option status
• "lIGNOREERROR" -ignore option status
• "lTRACE" -trace option status
• "lQUIET" -q option status
• "lINFO" -info option status
• "lBEEP" -beep option status
• "lRUN" -run option status
• "lINC" -inc option status
• "cCCPATH" see HB_CCPATH envvar
• "cCCPREFIX" see HB_CCPREFIX envvar
• "cCCSUFFIX" see HB_CCSUFFIX envvar
• "cCCEXT" see HB_CCEXT envvar
• "cWorkDir" -workdir= value
• "nExitCode" Current exit code

• hbshell_gtSelect( [<cGT>] ) -> NIL
  Switch GT. Default [*]: 'gtwin'
• hbshell_Clipper() -> NIL
  Enable Clipper compatibility (non-Unicode) mode.
• hbshell_include( <cHeader> ) -> <lSuccess>
  Load Harbour header.
• hbshell_uninclude( <cHeader> ) -> <lSuccess>
  Unload Harbour header.
• hbshell_include_list() -> NIL
  Display list of loaded Harbour header.
• hbshell_ext_load( <cPackageName> ) -> <lSuccess>
  Load package. Similar to #request PP directive.
• hbshell_ext_unload( <cPackageName> ) -> <lSuccess>
  Unload package.
• hbshell_ext_get_list() -> <aPackages>
  List of loaded packages.
• hbshell_DirBase() -> <cBaseDir>
  hb_DirBase() not mapped to script.
• hbshell_ProgName() -> <cPath>
  hb_ProgName() not mapped to script.

• To run the interactive shell ('dot' prompt)
  $ hbmk2 .
• To run a Harbour script
  $ hbmk2 myscript.hb [<parameter[s]>]

• To build
  $ hbmk2 -gh myscript.hb
• To run result of above
  $ hbmk2 myscript.hrb [<parameter[s]>]

• To build one simple .prg
  $ hbmk2 hello.prg
• To build multiple .prg sources into one application in incremental mode
  $ hbmk2 mymain.prg myfuncs.prg -inc
• To build an application using a project file
  $ hbmk2 myapp.hbp
• To build an application using incremental mode
  $ hbmk2 myapp.hbp -inc
• To build an application which uses a contrib package or 3rd party (add-on) package that ships with an .hbc file
  $ hbmk2 myapp.prg hbct.hbc
• To build an application which uses a raw library
  $ hbmk2 myapp.prg -lmylib -L<path_to_mylib>
• To build an application which uses a Windows resource
  $ hbmk2 mymain.prg myres.rc
• To build an application which links against Harbour dynamic libraries
  $ hbmk2 -shared myapp.prg
• To build an application out of all .prg and .c sources residing in 'source' subdir
  $ hbmk2 -omyapp src/*.prg src/*.c

• To build library 'mylib' from sources
  $ hbmk2 -hblib mylibsrc.prg -omylib
• To build library 'mylib' from sources using incremental mode
  $ hbmk2 -hblib mylibsrc.prg -omylib -inc

• 0 no error
• 1 unknown platform
• 2 unknown compiler
• 3 failed Harbour detection
• 5 failed stub creation
• 6 failed in compilation (Harbour, C compiler, Resource compiler)
• 7 failed in final assembly (linker or library manager)
• 8 unsupported
• 9 failed to create working directory
• 19 help
• 10 dependency missing or disabled
• 20 plugin initialization
• 30 too deep nesting
• 50 stop requested
• <other> when -run option is used, the exit code will be the one returned by the target executable

• <script> can be:
  <@script> or <script.hbm>: command-line options in file
  <script.hbp>: command-line options in file, it also marks a new build target if specified on the command-line
  <script.hbc>: package configuration file

• Source filename without extension will load the .hbp file, if such .hbp file exists in current directory. If not, .prg extension will be used.

• Multiple -l, -L, -i and <script> parameters are accepted.

• Regular Harbour compiler options are also accepted as is.
  (see them with -harbourhelp option)

• hbmk.hbc option file in hbmk2 directory is always processed if it exists. On *nix platforms ~/.harbour, /etc/harbour, <base>/etc/harbour, <base>/etc are checked (in that order) before the hbmk2 directory.

• hbmk.hbm make script in current directory is always processed if it exists.

• Using forwards slashes is recommended in option values as directory separator, but backslashes are also equally accepted.

• Filters are accepted in each .hbc line and most options.
  Filters can be combined using '&' (and), '|' (or) operators, negated by '!' operator and grouped by parentheses. Ex.: {win}, {gcc}, {linux|darwin}, {win&!pocc}, {(win|linux)&!watcom}, {unix&mt&gui}, -cflag={win}-DMYDEF, -stop{dos}, -stop{!allwin}

• Most .hbc lines (libs=, hbcs=, prgflags=, cflags=, ldflags=, libpaths=, instfiles=, instpaths=, echo=) and corresponding command-line parameters will accept macro variables. libpaths= also accepts %{hb_name} which translates to the name of the .hbc file under search.

• Options accepting macro variables also support command substitution. Enclose command inside ``, and, if the command contains space, also enclose in double quotes. Standard output of the command will be used as the value. F.e. "-cflag=`wx-config --cflags`", or ldflags={unix&gcc}"`wx-config --libs`".

• When multiple build target type selection options (-hblib, -hbdyn, etc.) are specified, the first one will be significant, the rest will be silently ignored.

• Libraries and object files built with/for CA-Cl*pper will not work with any supported platform/compiler.

• Defaults and feature support may vary by platform/compiler.

• GNU Make or any C compiler specific make tool and MSYS (on Windows) are not needed to run hbmk2.

• . (dot) passed as first parameter will enter the interactive Harbour shell.

• .hb, .hrb or .dbf file passed as first parameter will be run as Harbour script. If the filename contains no path components, it will be searched in current working directory and in PATH. If not extension is given, .hb and .hrb extensions are searched, in that order. .dbf file will be opened automatically in shared mode and interactive Harbour shell launched. Non-standard extensions will be autodetected for source and precompiled script types. Note, for Harbour scripts, the codepage is set to UTF-8 by default. The default core header 'hb.ch' is automatically #included. The default date format is the ISO standard: yyyy-mm-dd. The default GT is 'gtcgi', unless full-screen CUI calls are detected, when 'gtwin' [*] is automatically selected (except for INIT PROCEDUREs).

• You can use key <Alt+V> in interactive Harbour shell to paste text from the clipboard.

• Values marked with [*] may be host platform and/or configuration dependent. This help was generated on 'win' host platform.

• linux gcc, clang, icc, watcom, sunpro, open64
• darwin gcc, clang, icc
• win mingw, msvc, clang, bcc, bcc64, watcom, icc, pocc, xcc, mingw64, msvc64, msvcia64, iccia64, pocc64
• wce mingwarm, mingw, msvcarm, poccarm
• os2 gcc, gccomf, watcom
• dos djgpp, watcom
• bsd gcc, clang, pcc
• hpux gcc
• beos gcc
• qnx gcc
• android gcc, gccarm
• vxworks gcc, diab
• symbian gcc
• cygwin gcc
• minix clang, gcc
• aix gcc
• sunos gcc, sunpro

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA (or visit
their web site at http://www\.gnu\.org/\)\.

License extensions:
- This source code must be kept and distributed as part
of the Harbour package and/or the placement of the tool sources
and files must reflect that it is part of Harbour Project.
- Copyright information must always be presented by
projects including this tool or help text.
- Modified versions of the tool must clearly state this
fact on the copyright screen.
- Source code modifications shall always be made available
along with binaries.
- Help text and documentation is licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0:
http://creativecommons\.org/licenses/by\-sa/3\.0/

Author: Viktor Szakáts (vszakats.net/harbour)

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