Appendix B. AIX to Linux Reference Tables

In this appendix

B.1	AIX and Linux C Compiler Options Table	page 542
B.2	AIX and Linux Linker Options Comparison Table	page 556
B.3	I/O Services APIs: AIX to Linux Cross-Reference	page 557
B.4	IPC Reference: AIX-Linux	page 563

AIX and Linux C Compiler Options Table

Table B-1. AIX XLC/C++ and gcc/g++ Compiler Switches Comparison Table

C/C++ VisualAge for AIX Option^[1]	GNU gcc Option^[2]	Description (AIX-Based)
`-+`	`-x c++`	(C++) Compiles any file, filename.nnn, as a C++ language file, where nnn is any suffix other than .o, .a, or .s.
`-#`	`-###`	Traces the compilation without doing anything.
`-q32` `-q64`	`-m32` `-m64³`	Selects 32- or 64-bit compiler mode. Additional `-m` options for GCC are available. Refer to GNU.
`-qlanglvl=<option>`	`-fstd=<OPTION> ...`

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