5.7.2.8 Help

The --help option displays information on the xc32-gcc compiler options, then the driver will terminate.

For example:

xc32-gcc --help
Microchip Language Tool Shell Version 4.20 (Build date: Sep 16 2022).
Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Microchip Technology Inc. All rights reserved

  -omf=elf		Select elf object module format
Usage: pic32m-gcc [options] file...
Options:
  -pass-exit-codes         Exit with highest error code from a phase.
  --help                   Display this information.
  --target-help            Display target specific command line options.
  --help={common|optimizers|params|target|warnings|[^]{joined|separate|undocumented}}[,...].
                           Display specific types of command line options.
  (Use '-v --help' to display command line options of sub-processes).
  --version                Display compiler version information.
  -dumpspecs               Display all of the built in spec strings.
  -dumpversion             Display the version of the compiler.
  -dumpmachine             Display the compiler's target processor.
  -print-search-dirs       Display the directories in the compiler's search path.
  -print-libgcc-file-name  Display the name of the compiler's companion library.