slice2cs(1)

slice2cs1

The slice to c# compiler.

Usage

slice2cs [options] [files]

Overview

slice2cs compiles Slice files to C#. The macro __SLICE2CS__ is defined during this compilation.

Full documentation for slice2cs is available online at:
https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/language-mappings/c-sharp-mapping/client-side-slice-to-c-sharp-mapping/slice2cs-command-line-options

Options

-h, --help

Displays a help message.

-v, --version

Displays the compiler version.

-DNAME

Defines the preprocessor symbol NAME.

-DNAME=DEF

Defines the preprocessor symbol NAME with the value DEF.

-UNAME

Undefines the preprocessor symbol NAME.

-IDIR

Add the directory DIR to the search path for #include directives.

-E

Print the preprocessor output on stdout.

--output-dir DIR

Place the generated files into directory DIR.

-d, --debug

Print debug information showing the operation of the Slice parser.

--depend

Print dependency information to standard output by default, or to the file specified by the --depend-file option. No code is generated when this option is specified.

--depend-xml

Print dependency information in XML format to standard output by default, or to the file specified by the --depend-file option. No code is generated when this option is specified.

--depend-file FILE

Directs dependency information to the specified file. The output format depends on whether --depend or --depend-xml is also specified.

--validate

Checks the provided command-line options for correctness, and does not generate any code.

--tie

Generate tie classes.

--impl

Generate sample implementation files. This option will not overwrite an existing file.

--impl-tie

Generate sample implementation files using tie classes. This option will not overwrite an existing file.

--checksum CLASS

Generate checksums for Slice definitions.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 7 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8
  6. 9
  7. 10
  8. 11–Arch

--checksum since Debian 9 (Stretch); --debug since Debian 9 (Stretch); --depend since Debian 10 (Buster); --depend-file since Debian 10 (Buster); --depend-xml since Debian 10 (Buster); --help since Debian 9 (Stretch); --impl since Debian 9 (Stretch); --impl-tie since Debian 9 (Stretch); --output-dir since Debian 9 (Stretch); --tie since Debian 9 (Stretch); --validate since Debian 10 (Buster); --version since Debian 9 (Stretch); -DNAME since Debian 9 (Stretch); -E since Debian 9 (Stretch); -IDIR since Debian 9 (Stretch); -UNAME since Debian 9 (Stretch); -d since Debian 9 (Stretch); -h since Debian 9 (Stretch); -v since Debian 9 (Stretch).

--ice until Debian 9 (Stretch); --stream until Debian 9 (Stretch); --underscore until Debian 9 (Stretch).

From zeroc-ice 3.7.10-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.