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<div class="paragraph"><p>MLton is run from the command line with a collection of options
followed by a file name and a list of files to compile, assemble, and
link with.</p></div>
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<pre>mlton [option ...] file.{c|mlb|o|sml} [file.{c|o|s|S} ...]</pre>
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<div class="paragraph"><p>The simplest case is to run <span class="monospaced">mlton foo.sml</span>, where <span class="monospaced">foo.sml</span> contains
a valid SML program, in which case MLton compiles the program to
produce an executable <span class="monospaced">foo</span>.  Since MLton does not support separate
compilation, the program must be the entire program you wish to
compile.  However, the program may refer to signatures and structures
defined in the <a href="BasisLibrary">Basis Library</a>.</p></div>
<div class="paragraph"><p>Larger programs, spanning many files, can be compiled with the
<a href="MLBasis">ML Basis system</a>.  In this case, <span class="monospaced">mlton foo.mlb</span> will
compile the complete SML program described by the basis <span class="monospaced">foo.mlb</span>,
which may specify both SML files and additional bases.</p></div>
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