Using gelint |

## Command-line options

The usual way to invoke gelint is as follows:

> `gelint ecf_filename`

This will read the description of your Eiffel system in the ECF file `ecf_filename`, perform code analysis on the corresponding Eiffel classes and report any syntax or validity errors. Note that an Xace file can also be used in place of the ECF file. Your Eiffel system can be an Eiffel project or an Eiffel library. Here is the list of options that can be used with gelint:

`-?`
`-h`
`--help`
  Print a summary of the command-line options of gelint and exit.
`--flat`
  For each class, not only check the validity of the features declared in this class, but also of those inherited from its parent classes.
`--noflatdbc`
  Do not check the validity of inherited pre- and postconditions when a feature is redeclared.
`--catcall`
  Report possible CAT-call errors, based on the statically computed dynamic type sets of each variables in the Eiffel code.
`--ecma`
  Strictly follow the ECMA Eiffel standard during code analysis.
`--ise[=major[.minor[.revision[.build]]]]`
  Version of ISE Eiffel whose semantics should be used during code analysis.
`--define=NAME[=VALUE][ NAME[=VALUE]]*`
  Define variables to be used when reading Xace files.
`--silent`
  Run gelint in silent mode.
`--verbose`
  Run gelint in verbose mode.
`-V`
`--version`
  Print the version number of gelint and exit.