Intel® Fortran Compiler Classic and Intel® Fortran Compiler Developer Guide and Reference

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Date 11/07/2023
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Qlocation

Specifies the directory for supporting tools.

Syntax

Linux:

-Qlocation,string,dir

Windows:

/Qlocation,string,dir

Arguments

string

Is the name of the tool.

dir

Is the directory (path) where the tool is located.

Default

OFF

The compiler looks for tools in a default area.

Description

This option specifies the directory for supporting tools.

string can be any of the following:

  • f - Indicates the Intel® Fortran compiler.

  • fpp (or cpp) - Indicates the Intel® Fortran preprocessor or a user-specified (alternate) Fortran preprocessor.

  • asm - Indicates the assembler.

  • link - Indicates the linker.

  • prof - Indicates the profiler.

  • On Windows* systems, the following is also available:

    • masm - Indicates the Microsoft assembler.

  • On Linux* systems, the following are also available:

    • as - Indicates the assembler.

    • gas - Indicates the GNU assembler. This setting is for Linux* only.

    • ld - Indicates the loader.

    • gld - Indicates the GNU loader. This setting is for Linux* only.

    • lib - Indicates an additional library.

    • crt - Indicates the crt%.o files linked into executables to contain the place to start execution.

On Windows systems, you can also specify a tool command name.

The following shows an example on Windows* systems:

/Qlocation,link,"c:\Program Files\tools\"            ! This tells the driver to use c:\Program Files\tools\link.exe for the loader
/Qlocation,link,"c:\Program Files\tools\my_link.exe" ! This tells the driver to use c:\Program Files\tools\my_link.exe as the loader

IDE Equivalent

None

Alternate Options

None

Example

The following command provides the path for the fpp tool:

ifort -Qlocation,fpp,/usr/preproc myprog.f

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