---
name: "critcl_build"
section: "3tcl"
platform: "linux"
package: "critcl"
version: "3.3.1+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/critcl_build"
---

# critcl\_build(3tcl)

CriTcl build.tcl Tool Reference

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## NAME

critcl\_build\_tool - CriTcl build.tcl Tool Reference

## DESCRIPTION

Be welcome to the *C Runtime In Tcl* (short: *CriTcl*), a system for embedding and using C code from within *Tcl* \[http://core.tcl-lang.org/tcl\] scripts. The script "*build.tcl*" found in the top directory of the *CriTcl* sources is the main tool of use to a developer or maintainer of *CriTcl* itself.

Invoking it a via

```
./build.tcl help
```

provides the online help for this tool, explaining the operations available, and their arguments.

## AUTHORS

Jean Claude Wippler, Steve Landers, Andreas Kupries

## BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain bugs and other problems. Please report them at *https://github.com/andreas-kupries/critcl/issues*. Ideas for enhancements you may have for either package, application, and/or the documentation are also very welcome and should be reported at *https://github.com/andreas-kupries/critcl/issues* as well.

## KEYWORDS

C code, Embedded C Code, calling C code from Tcl, code generator, compile & run, compiler, dynamic code generation, dynamic compilation, generate package, linker, on demand compilation, on-the-fly compilation

## CATEGORY

Glueing/Embedded C code

## COPYRIGHT

```
Copyright (c) Jean-Claude Wippler
Copyright (c) Steve Landers
Copyright (c) 2011-2024 Andreas Kupries
```