go-build
Compile Go sources.
TLDR
Compile a 'package main' file (output will be the filename without extension)
Compile, specifying the output filename
Compile a package
Compile a main package into an executable, enabling data race detection
SYNOPSIS
go build [ -o output ] [ build flags ] [ packages ]
DESCRIPTION
Build compiles the packages named by the import paths, along with their dependencies, but it does not install the results.
If the arguments are a list of .go files, build treats them as a list of source files specifying a single package.
When the command line specifies a single main package, build writes the resulting executable to output. Otherwise build compiles the packages but discards the results, serving only as a check that the packages can be built.
The -o flag specifies the output file name. If not specified, the name is packagename.a (for a non-main package) or the base name of the first source file (for a main package).
OPTIONS
The build flags are shared by the build, install, run, and test commands:
- -a
-
force rebuilding of packages that are already up-to-date.
- -n
-
print the commands but do not run them.
- -p n
-
the number of builds that can be run in parallel. The default is the number of CPUs available.
- -v
-
print the names of packages as they are compiled.
- -work
-
print the name of the temporary work directory and do not delete it when exiting.
- -x
-
print the commands.
- -compiler name
-
name of compiler to use, as in runtime.Compiler (gccgo or gc)
- -gccgoflags 'arg list'
-
arguments to pass on each gccgo compiler/linker invocation
- -gcflags 'arg list'
-
arguments to pass on each 5g, 6g, or 8g compiler invocation
- -ldflags 'flag list'
-
arguments to pass on each 5l, 6l, or 8l linker invocation
- -tags 'tag list'
-
a list of build tags to consider satisfied during the build. See the documentation for the go/build package for more information about build tags.
For more about specifying packages, see go-packages(7).
For more about where packages and binaries are installed, see go-gopath(1).
SEE ALSO
go-install(1), go-get(1), go-clean(1).
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Michael Stapelberg <stapelberg@debian.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).