SML(1)

NAME
sml - the interactive Standard ML of New Jersey system

SYNOPSIS

sml [SML-OPTIONS] [OPTIONS] [FILES]

DESCRIPTION

Standard ML of New Jersey is an incremental, interactive compiler that accepts SML declarations and expressions to be evaluated from standard input.

OPTIONS

-32
    run the 32-bit version of the SML/NJ system (currently the default).

-64
    run the 64-bit version of the SML/NJ system. This option only applies to the x86-64 (aka amd64) architecture.

@SMLwordsize
    echo the wordsize (i.e., either 32 or 64) of the system to standard output and then exit. (This option was added in version 110.97).

@SMLversion
    echo the command name and SML/NJ version (e.g., "sml 110.99.9") to standard output and then exit.

@SMLload=IMAGE
    specifies the name of the heap-image file to load. The heap suffix can be omitted as long as there there is not a file of the same name.

@SMLcmdname=NAME
    set the command name; this is the value returned by CommandLine.name().

@SMLsuffix
    echo the heap suffix for the system to standard output and then exit

@SMLalloc=SIZE
    Specify the prefered size of the allocation area

@SMLrun=RUNTIME
    specifies runtime system

@SMLquiet
    load heap image silently (default)

@SMLverbose
    show heap image load progress

@SMLobjects
    show list of executable objects

@SMLdebug=FILE
    write debugging info to file

-Cctl=value
    set the control ctl to value.

-Dname=value
    define the CM variable name to have the given value.

-D'name
    define the CM variable name to have the value 1.

-Uname
    remove any definition of the CM variable name.

-H
    produce complete help listing

-h
    produce minimal help listing

-hlevel
    help with obscurity limit

-S
    list all the controls along with their default value

-slevel
    print a limited list of settings. The number of levels of the control heirarchy is controled by level, with 0 printing just the root of the heirarchy.

-E
    list all the controls along with their corresponding environment variables

-elevel
    print a limited list of environment variables; The number of levels of the control heirarchy is controled by level, with 0 printing just the root of the heirarchy.

-m
    switch to CM.make

-a
    switch to CM.autoload; default

file.cm
    run CM.make or CM.autoload on file.cm and then return to the SML prompt. Which command is run is determined by the -m and -a flags.

file.sig
    execute use file.sig before entering the SML top-level loop.

file.sml
    (use) execute use file.sml before entering the SML top-level loop.

file.fun
    (use) execute use file.fun before entering the SML top-level loop.

AUTHOR

sml(1) was originally created by Andrew Appel and David MacQueen in 1987. The system is currently maintained by Matthias Blume, David MacQueen, and John Reppy.

SEE-ALSO

smlnj(7)

COPYING

Copyright © 2020 The Fellowship of SML/NJ

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.