23.4.1 Command Line Arguments

The following command line options are supported by the system.

-build build-script

build-script names a file to be loaded on startup, typically for the purpose of building another image. LispWorks quits after loading the file. If an error is signalled while loading the file, a backtrace is displayed and LispWorks quits.

An image run with -build runs itself, and not the default saved session if you created one. See Saved sessions for information on saved sessions.

Note: init-file and siteinit-file are not loaded when using -build , so your build script file must call load-all-patches.

-environment

Start the LispWorks IDE development environment automatically, even in an image saved with (save-image ... :environment nil)

-eval form

Evaluates the Lisp form form before loading initialization files.

-env

A synonym for -environment .

-display display

Sets the X display to use when starting a LispWorks GUI on X Windows.

-IIOPhost host

Controls the host name in placed in IORs. See Developing Component Software with CORBA for details.

-IIOPnumeric

IORs contain a host name which is the numeric IP address obtained by reverse lookup of the machine name. See Developing Component Software with CORBA for details.

-init init-file

init-file names a file to be loaded on startup after siteinit-file . The file is user's own LispWorks initialization file, containing code that by default is loaded when LispWorks is started. It is useful for loading initializations that should not be done for all users.

Initially the default is to load the file "~/.lispworks" where ~ expands to the user's home directory as described in Configuration and initialization files.

Your default initialization file can be set in the LispWorks IDE. See "Setting global preferences" in the LispWorks IDE User Guide for details.

If init-file is not found, an error is signalled. To suppress loading of a user initialization file, pass -init - .

-load file

Loads the file file before loading initialization files.

-lw-no-redirection

Makes the supplied image run itself, and not the default saved session if you created one. See Saved sessions for information on saved sessions.

-multiprocessing

Initializes multiprocessing on startup. See Multiprocessing.

-no-restart-function

Suppresses the execution of a restart function on startup. Restart functions can be supplied when saving an image to automatically invoke application code. This argument suppresses that behavior. See save-image.

-ORBport orbport

orbport specifies a port number for the LispWorks ORB. The special value 0 allows the system to pick a port.

--relocate-image BaseAddress

Causes the image to relocate at BaseAddress on supported platforms, as described in Startup relocation. This can be useful on a system where libraries are mapped in address space that LispWorks would otherwise use as it grows. If the image is saved, then on restart without --relocate-image , it will locate itself automatically at BaseAddress .

Compatibility Note: In LispWorks 5.0 and earlier versions, to be effective, --relocate-image must be the first argument on the LispWorks command line. This restriction does not apply in LispWorks 6.0.

--reserve-size ReserveSize

Specifies the reserve size on supported platforms, as described in Startup relocation. New in LispWorks 5.1.

-siteinit siteinit-file

siteinit-file names a file to be loaded on startup. The file is the LispWorks site initialization file, containing code that by default is loaded when LispWorks is started by any user in that installation. The default is to load the file that is the result of evaluating (sys:lispworks-file "config/siteinit.lisp") .

If siteinit-file is not found, an error is signalled. To suppress loading of a site initialization file, pass -siteinit - .