IBM XL C/C++ and XL Fortran documentation
Product documentation is provided in the following formats:
README files contain late-breaking information, including changes and corrections to the product documentation. README files are located in the root directory of the installation CD and by default in the following directory:
Man pages are provided for the compiler invocations and all command-line utilities provided with the product. Instructions for installing and accessing the man pages are provided in the XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Blue Gene Installation Guide and XL Fortran Advanced Edition V10.1 for Blue Gene Installation Guide.
The information center of searchable HTML files can be launched on a network and accessed remotely or locally. HTML documents are located by default in the following directory:
PDF documents are located by default in the following directory:
These are also available on the Web at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/xlcpp/library or http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/fortran/xlfortran/library
In addition to this document, the following documents comprise the full set of PDF files shipped with this product. TheXL C/C++ for Linux and XL Fortran for Linux PDF files are included as additional references to complement the topics not covered in the Blue Gene specific documents.
Document title | PDF file name | Description |
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IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Blue Gene Installation Guide | install.pdf | Contains information for installing XL C/C++ for Blue Gene and configuring your environment for basic compilation and program execution. |
IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Linux Getting Started with XL C/C++ | getstart.pdf | Contains an introduction to theXL C/C++ for Linux product, with information on setting up and configuring your environment, compiling and linking programs, and troubleshooting compilation errors. |
IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Linux Compiler Reference | compiler.pdf | Contains information about the various compiler options, pragmas, macros, environment variables, and built-in functions, including those used for parallel processing. |
IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Linux Language Reference | language.pdf | Contains information about the C and C++ programming languages, as supported by IBM, including language extensions for portability and conformance to non-proprietary standards. |
IBM XL C/C++ Advanced Edition V8.0 for Linux Programming Guide | proguide.pdf | Contains information on advanced programming topics, such as application porting, interlanguage calls with Fortran code, library development, application optimization and parallelization, and the XL C/C++ for Linux high-performance libraries. |
Document title | PDF file name | Description |
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IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition V10.1 for Blue Gene Installation Guide | install.pdf | Contains information for installing XL Fortran for Blue Gene and configuring your environment for basic compilation and program execution. |
IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition V10.1 for Linux Getting Started with XL Fortran | getstart.pdf | Contains an introduction to the XL Fortran for Linux product, with information on setting up and configuring your environment, compiling and linking programs, and troubleshooting compilation errors. |
IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition V10.1 for Linux Compiler Reference | cr.pdf | Contains information about the various compiler options and environment variables. |
IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition V10.1 for Linux Language Reference | lr.pdf | Contains information about the Fortran programming language as supported by IBM, including language extensions for portability and conformance to non-proprietary standards, compiler directives and intrinsic procedures. |
IBM XL Fortran Advanced Edition V10.1 for Linux Optimization and Programming Guide | opg.pdf | Contains information on advanced programming topics, such as application porting, interlanguage calls, floating-point operations, input/output, application optimization and parallelization, and the XL Fortran high-performance libraries. |
More documentation related to the compilers, including red books, white papers, tutorials, and other articles, is available on the Web at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/xlcpp/library or http://www.ibm.com/software/awdtools/fortran/xlfortran/library
Other IBM publications