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c99-gcc(1)

c99-gcc1

Ansi (1999) c compiler

Usage

c99 [-pedantic] [-pedantic-errors] [-D_ANSI_SOURCE] options ...

Overview

Calls the C compiler (cc) with the given options , using a C language environment compatible with the -ansiC specification.

This includes proper handling of trigraphs, disabling non-ANSI compiler features (such as asm , typeof , and the $ character in identifiers), and definition of the preprocessor symbol __STRICT_ANSI__ .

The status of C99 features implemented in GCC is described at http://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-14/c99status.html

History

  • Debian 13 (Trixie): the text shown here
  • Debian 12 (Bookworm)
  • Debian 11 (Bullseye)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 7 (Wheezy)
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)
  • Debian 5.0 (Lenny)
  • Debian 4.0 (Etch)

History

Appeared in NetBSD 1.4 .

Bugs

Since c99 is a shell wrapper script to cc , compile errors are prefixed by "cc:".

From gcc 4:14.2.0-1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.