Invoking the Configurer

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The configurer is called for you automatically when you build an application using the Diamond IDE. This section describes how you can invoke it from a command prompt.

 

The configurer is invoked with a command of this format:

 

3L A options input-files output-file or

3L A options focus

 


options

control the configurer's options. Although shown here in a fixed position, they may appear anywhere within the command.


input-files

are one or more files containing configuration language statements.


output-file

gives the name of the application file to be created. The conventional extension is .app, but the whole name must be supplied.


focus

identifies both the input configuration file and the application file to be created. The configuration file is focus.cfg and the application file focus.app. For example, the following two commands will have identical effects:

 

» 3L A test

» 3L A test.cfg test.app

 

You may also invoke the configurer without any parameters, when it displays its identity and stops.