Mac OS X in a Nutshell

Name

gcc_select

Synopsis

gcc_select [-v | —version] [-nc | —no-color] [-h | —help]
gcc_select [-v | —version] [-nc | —no-color] [-n] [-force] 
[-root] { 2 | 3 }

Sets the default major version of GCC (either 2 or 3) by creating various symlinks for compiler tools, libraries, and headers. With no arguments (or with just -v), the current default version is printed to standard output.

Options

-force

Recreates symlinks for the specified version, even if it is already the current default version.

-h , --help

Prints a usage statement to standard output.

-n

Prints the list of commands that would be executed to standard output, but does not actually execute them.

-nc , --no-color

Disables color output.

-root

Disables the initial check for root access before executing commands.

-v , -version

Prints the version of gcc_select to standard output.