---
name: "swig2.0"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "swig2.0"
version: "2.0.12-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/swig2.0"
---

# swig2.0(1)

Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator

## NAME

swig - Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator

## SYNOPSIS

**swig** \[*options*\] *file*

## DESCRIPTION

The swig command is used to create wrapper code to connect C and C++ code to scripting languages like Perl, Python, etc. from the  definition of the interface. For detailed information on writing those interface definitions please refer to /usr/share/doc/swig-doc/Manual/index.html from the swig-doc package.  This manpage concentrates on explaining the invocation of the swig command.

## OPTIONS

### Target Language Options:

- **-chicken**

  Generate CHICKEN wrappers

- **-csharp**

  Generate C# wrappers

- **-guile**

  Generate Guile wrappers

- **-java**

  Generate Java wrappers

- **-mzscheme**

  Generate Mzscheme wrappers

- **-ocaml**

  Generate Ocaml wrappers

- **-perl**

  Generate Perl wrappers.

- **-php**

  Generate PHP wrappers

- **-pike**

  Generate Pike wrappers

- **-python**

  Generate Python wrappers

- **-ruby**

  Generate Ruby wrappers

- **-sexp**

  Generate Lisp S-Expressions wrappers

- **-tcl**

  Generate Tcl wrappers

- **-xml**

  Generate XML wrappers.

### General Options

- **-c++**

  Enable C++ processing

- **-co**

  Check a file out of the SWIG library

- **-dirprot**

  Turn on wrapping of protected members for director classes

- **-D***symbol*

  Define a symbol *symbol* (for conditional compilation)

- **-E**

  Preprocess only, does not generate wrapper code

- **-fcompact**

  Compile in compact mode

- **-fvirtual**

  Compile in virtual elimination mode

- **-Fstandard**

  Display error/warning messages in commonly used format

- **-Fmicrosoft**

  Display error/warning messages in Microsoft format

- **-help**

  Show a summary of supported options and especially of supported options for the selected language.

- **-I***dir*

  Look for SWIG files in *dir*

- **-ignoremissing**

  Ignore missing include files

- **-importall**

  Follow all #include statements as imports

- **-includeall**

  Follow all #include statements

- **-l***ifile*

  Include SWIG library file *ifile*

- **-M**

  List all dependencies

- **-MM**

  List dependencies, but omit files in SWIG library

- **-makedefault**

  Create default constructors/destructors (the default)

- **-module** *name*

  Set module name to *name*

- **-nocontract**

  Turn off contract checking

- **-nodefault**

  Do not generate constructors/destructors

- **-nodirprot**

  Do not wrap director protected members

- **-noexcept**

  Do not wrap exception specifiers

- **-noextern**

  Do not generate extern declarations

- **-noruntime**

  Do not include SWIG runtime code

- **-o** *outfile*

  Set name of the output file to *outfile*

- **-outdir** *dir*

  Set language specific files output directory

- **-runtime**

  Make the runtime support code globally visible.

- **-small**

  Compile in virtual elimination & compact mode

- **-swiglib**

  Report location of SWIG library and exit

- **-v**

  Run in verbose mode

- **-version**

  Print SWIG version number

- **-Wall**

  Enable all warning messages

- **-Wallkw**

  Enable warning messages for all the languages keywords

- **-Werror**

  Force to treat the warnings as errors

- **-w** *n*

  Suppress warning number *n*

## AUTHOR

SWIG was originally created by David Beazley. For up-to-date information about authors and contributors please check http://www.swig.org/guilty.html. This manual page was written by Torsten Landschoff \<torsten@debian.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).