Module Findlib

exception No_such_package of string * string

First arg is the package name not found, second arg contains additional info for the user

exception Package_loop of string

A package is required by itself. The arg is the name of the package

val init : ?env_ocamlpath:string -> ?env_ocamlfind_destdir:string -> ?env_ocamlfind_metadir:string -> ?env_ocamlfind_commands:string -> ?env_ocamlfind_ignore_dups_in:string -> ?env_camllib:string -> ?env_ldconf:string -> ?config:string -> ?toolchain:string -> unit -> unit

Initializes the library from the configuration file and the environment. By default the function reads the file specified at compile time, but you can also pass a different file name in the config argument. Furthermore, the environment variables OCAMLPATH, OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR, OCAMLFIND_COMMANDS, and CAMLLIB are interpreted. By default, the function takes the values found in the environment, but you can pass different values using the env_* arguments. By setting these values to empty strings they are no longer considered. The result of the initialization is determined as follows:

The default installation directory is the env variable OCAMLFIND_DESTDIR (if present and non-empty), and otherwise the variable destdir of the configuration file.
The installation directory for META files is read from the env variable OCAMLFIND_METADIR (if present and non-empty), and otherwise from the variable metadir of the configuration file, and otherwise no such directory is used. The special value "none" turns this feature off.
The search path is the concatenation of the env variable OCAMLPATH and the variable path of the config file
The executables of (ocamlc|ocamlopt|ocamlcp|ocamlmklib|ocamlmktop) are determined as follows: if the env variable OCAMLFIND_COMMANDS is set and non-empty, its contents specify the executables. Otherwise, if the config file variables ocamlc, ocamlopt, ocamlcp, ocamlmklib and ocamlmktop are set, their contents specify the executables. Otherwise, the obvious default values are chosen: "ocamlc" for ocamlc, "ocamlopt" for ocamlopt, and so on.
The directory of the standard library is the value of the environment variable CAMLLIB (or OCAMLLIB), or if unset or empty, the value of the configuration variable stdlib, or if unset the built-in location
The ld.conf file (configuring the dynamic loader) is the value of the environment variable OCAMLFIND_LDCONF, or if unset or empty, the value of the configuration variable ldconf, or if unset the built-in location.

val init_manually : ?ocamlc_command:string -> ?ocamlopt_command:string -> ?ocamlcp_command:string -> ?ocamloptp_command:string -> ?ocamlmklib_command:string -> ?ocamlmktop_command:string -> ?ocamldep_command:string -> ?ocamlbrowser_command:string -> ?ocamldoc_command:string -> ?ignore_dups_in:string -> ?stdlib:string -> ?ldconf:string -> install_dir:string -> meta_dir:string -> search_path:string list -> unit -> unit

This is an alternate way to initialize the library directly. Environment variables and configuration files are ignored.

val default_location : unit -> string

Get the default installation directory for packages

val meta_directory : unit -> string

Get the META installation directory for packages. Returns "" if no such directory is configured.

val search_path : unit -> string list

Get the search path for packages

val command : TODO: a -> string

Get the name/path of the executable

val ocaml_stdlib : unit -> string

Get the directory of the standard library

val ocaml_ldconf : unit -> string

Get the file name of ld.conf

val package_directory : string -> string

Get the absolute path of the directory where the given package is stored.
Raises No_such_package if the package cannot be found.

val ignore_dups_in : unit -> string option

If Some d, duplicate packages below d are ignored, and do not produce warnings. (Only affects the generation of warnings.)

val package_property : string list -> string -> string -> string

package_property predlist pkg propname: Looks up the property propname of package pkg under the assumption that the predicates in predlist are true.
Raises No_such_package if the package, and Not_found if the property cannot be found.
EXAMPLES:

package_property [] "p" "requires": get the value of the requires clause of package p
package_property [ "mt"; "byte" ] "p" "archive": get the value of the archive property of package p for multi- threaded bytecode applications.

val package_ancestors : string list -> string -> string list

package_ancestors predlist pkg: Determines the direct ancestors of package pkg under the assumption that the predicates in predlist are true, i.e. the names of the packages required by pkg. The returned list is unsorted.
Raises No_such_package if the package pkg or one of its ancestors could not be found.

val package_deep_ancestors : string list -> string list -> string list

package_deep_ancestors predlist pkglist: determines the list of direct or indirect ancestors of the packages named in pkglist under the assumption that the predicates in predlist are true.
The returned list is topologically sorted: The first element is the deepest ancestor; the last element is one of pkglist.
Raises No_such_package if one of the packages in pkglist or one of the ancestors cannot be found. Raises Package_loop if there is a cyclic dependency.

val resolve_path : ?base:string -> ?explicit:bool -> string -> string

Resolves findlib notation in filename paths. The notation +name/path can be used to refer to the subdirectory name of the standard library directory; the continuation /path is optional. The notation @name/path can be used to refer to the directory of the package name; the continuation /path is optional. For these two notations, absolute paths are returned.

base When the function is applied on a relative path, the base path is prepended. Otherwise, the path is returned as it is.

explicit Changes the meaning of base so that only paths count as relative that include at least one slash.

val list_packages : ?tab:int -> ?descr:bool -> Pervasives.out_channel -> unit

Prints the list of available packages to the out_channel.

tab The tabulator width, by default 20

descr Whether package descriptions are printed. Default: false