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XC8 C Compiler User’s Guide
DS52053B-page 304  2012 Microchip Technology Inc.
8.6.1 HEXMATE Command Line Options
HEXMATE is automatically called by the command line driver, xc8. This is primarily to
merge in HEX files with the output generated by the source files; however, there are
some xc8 options which directly map to HEXMATE options, and so other functionality
can be requested without having to run HEXMATE explicitly on the command line. For
other functionality, the following details the options available when running this
application.
If HEXMATE is to be run directly, its usage is:
HEXMATE
[specs,]file1.HEX [[specs,]file2.HEX ... [specs,]fileN.HEX]
[options]
Where file1.HEX through to fileN.HEX form a list of input Intel HEX files to merge
using HEXMATE. If only one HEX file is specified, then no merging takes place, but other
functionality is specified by additional options. Table 8-8 lists the command line options
that HEXMATE accepts.
The input parameters to HEXMATE are now discussed in greater detail. Note that any
integral values supplied to the HEXMATE options should be entered as hexadecimal
values without leading 0x or trailing h characters. Note also that any address fields
specified in these options are to be entered as byte addresses, unless specified
otherwise in the -ADDRESSING option.
TABLE 8-8: HEXMATE COMMAND-LINE OPTIONS
Option Effect
-ADDRESSING Set address fields in all
HEXMATE options to use word
addressing or other
-BREAK Break continuous data so that a new record begins at a set
address
-CK Calculate and store a checksum value
-FILL Program unused locations with a known value
-FIND Search and notify if a particular code sequence is detected
-FIND...,DELETE Remove the code sequence if it is detected (use with caution)
-FIND...,REPLACE Replace the code sequence with a new code sequence
-FORMAT Specify maximum data record length or select INHX variant
-HELP Show all options or display help message for specific option
-LOGFILE Save
HEXMATE analysis of output and various results to a file
-Ofile Specify the name of the output file
-SERIAL Store a serial number or code sequence at a fixed address
-SIZE Report the number of bytes of data contained in the resultant
HEX image.
-STRING Store an ASCII string at a fixed address
-STRPACK Store an ASCII string at a fixed address using string packing
-W Adjust warning sensitivity
+ Prefix to any option to overwrite other data in its address range
if necessary