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what is the use of -x in gcc ??

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what is the use of -x in gcc ??
posted Jul 26, 2014 by Ganesh

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You can specify the input language explicitly with the '-x' option. This option applies to all following input files until the next '-x' option. Possible values for language are:

c c-header cpp-output c++ c++-cpp-output objective-c objc-cpp-output
assembler assembler-with-cpp f77 f77-cpp-input ratfor java

Source: GCC manual

answer Jul 27, 2014 by Salil Agrawal
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