Module Command

module Command: Command

module Spec: sig .. end

composable command-line specifications

type t

commands which can be combined into a hierarchy of subcommands

val basic : summary:string ->
       ?readme:(unit -> string) ->
       ('main, unit) Spec.t -> 'main -> t

basic ~summary ?readme spec main is a basic command that executes a function main which is passed parameters parsed from the command line according to spec. summary is to contain a short one-line description of its behavior. readme is to contain any longer description of its behavior that will go on that commands' help screen.

val group : summary:string ->
       ?readme:(unit -> string) -> (string * t) list -> t

group ~summary subcommand_alist is a compound command with named subcommands, as found in subcommand_alist. summary is to contain a short one-line description of the command group. readme is to contain any longer description of its behavior that will go on that command's help screen.

NOTE: subcommand names containing underscores will be rejected. Use dashes instead.

val run : ?version:string ->
       ?build_info:string -> ?argv:string list -> t -> unit

run a command against Sys.argv

module Deprecated: sig .. end

Deprecated should be used only by Core_extended.Deprecated_command.