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Manpage: cl.exe

C/C++ COMPILER OPTIONS -OPTIMIZATION- /O1 minimize space /O2 maximize speed /Ob<n> inline expansion (default n=0) /Od disable optimizations (default) /Og enable global optimization /Oi[-] enable intrinsic functions /Os favor code space /Ot favor code speed /Ox maximum optimizations /Oy[-] enable frame pointer omission -CODE GENERATION- /GF enable read-only string pooling /Gm[-] enable minimal rebuild /Gy[-] separate functions for linker /GS[-] enable security checks /GR[-] enable C++ RTTI /GX[-] enable C++ EH (same as /EHsc) /EHs enable C++ EH (no SEH exceptions) /EHa enable C++ EH (w/ SEH exceptions) /EHc extern "C" defaults to nothrow /fp:<except[-]|fast|precise|strict> choose floating-point model: except[-] - consider floating-point exceptions when generating code fast - "fast" floating-point model; results are less predictable precise - "precise" floating-point model; results are predictable strict - "strict" floating-point model (implies /fp:except) /Qfast_transcendentals generate inline FP intrinsics even with /fp:except /GL[-] enable link-time code generation /GA optimize for Windows Application /Ge force stack checking for all funcs /Gs[num] control stack checking calls /Gh enable _penter function call /GH enable _pexit function call /GT generate fiber-safe TLS accesses /RTC1 Enable fast checks (/RTCsu) /RTCc Convert to smaller type checks /RTCs Stack Frame runtime checking /RTCu Uninitialized local usage checks /clr[:option] compile for common language runtime, where option is: pure - produce IL-only output file (no native executable code) safe - produce IL-only verifiable output file oldSyntax - accept the Managed Extensions syntax from Visual C++ 2002/2003 initialAppDomain - enable initial AppDomain behavior of Visual C++ 2002 noAssembly - do not produce an assembly /Gd __cdecl calling convention /Gr __fastcall calling convention /Gz __stdcall calling convention /GZ Enable stack checks (/RTCs) /QIfist[-] use FIST instead of ftol() /hotpatch ensure function padding for hotpatchable images /arch:<SSE|SSE2|AVX> minimum CPU architecture requirements, one of: SSE - enable use of instructions available with SSE enabled CPUs SSE2 - enable use of instructions available with SSE2 enabled CPUs AVX - enable use of Intel(R) Advanced Vector Extensions instructions /Qimprecise_fwaits generate FWAITs only on "try" boundaries, not inside "try" /Qsafe_fp_loads generate safe FP loads -OUTPUT FILES- /Fa[file] name assembly listing file /FA[scu] configure assembly listing /Fd[file] name .

Manpage: cmd.exe

Starts a new instance of the Windows XP command interpreter CMD [/A | /U] [/Q] [/D] [/E:ON | /E:OFF] [/F:ON | /F:OFF] [/V:ON | /V:OFF] [[/S] [/C | /K] string] /C Carries out the command specified by string and then terminates /K Carries out the command specified by string but remains /S Modifies the treatment of string after /C or /K (see below) /Q Turns echo off /D Disable execution of AutoRun commands from registry (see below) /A Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be ANSI /U Causes the output of internal commands to a pipe or file to be Unicode /T:fg Sets the foreground/background colors (see COLOR /?

Interesting Links [0x02]

Bugs, bugs, bugs! This week’s links are dedicated to bugs, which led on to some really contorted bug hunting journeys for some, and others, some great stories to tell.

Interesting Links [0x01]

This week’s links are to do with recompilation, mostly decompiling code from a different machine architecture, and then recompling it again (with some manual interventions) to allow it to run in another architecture.

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