Basic Migration Options

The following table lists command line options for basic migration.

Option	Description
--analysis-scope-path=<dir>	The directory path for the analysis scope of the source tree that needs to be migrated. Default: the value of --in-root.
--compilation-database=<dir>	The directory path for the compilation database (compile_commands.json) for the files to be migrated. Paths and build options described in the project file are used to guide the migration. When no path is specified, a search for compile_commands.json is attempted through all parent directories of the first input source file. Same as -p.
--cuda-include-path=<dir>	The directory path of the CUDA* header files.
--extra-arg=<string>	Specify additional arguments to append to the migration command line. The option accepts a comma-separated list of extra arguments and may be used multiple times in a command. For example: dpct xx.cu --extra-arg="-I /path, -I /path2" --extra-arg="-I /path/to/header" Use the dpct -- -help command to find options that can be passed as extra arguments for the migration command.
--in-root=<dir>	The directory path for the root of the source tree that needs to be migrated. Only files under this root are migrated. Default: The current directory, if the input source files are not provided. The directory of the first input source file, if the input source files are provided. Details: Any source within the directory specified by --in-root (at any nesting level) may be migrated. Any header file within the directory specified by --in-root (at any nesting level) that is included by the source or header file which is being migrated, is also migrated. Files from outside the --in-root directory will not be migrated even if they are included by any of the program source files.
--in-root-exclude=<dir|file>	Exclude the specified directory or file from processing.
--no-incremental-migration	Tell the tool to not perform an incremental migration. Default: off (incremental migration happens).
--out-root=<dir>	The directory path for root of generated files. A directory is created if it does not exist. Default: dpct_output. The relative paths for the generated files are maintained. By default, file extensions are changed as follows: *.cu → *.dp.cpp *.cpp → *.cpp.dp.cpp *.cc → *.cc.dp.cpp *.cxx → *.cxx.dp.cpp *.C → *.C.dp.cpp *.cuh → *.dp.hpp *.h *.hpp *.hxx → extensions are kept the same To limit file extension changes to .cu and .cuh files only, use the --change-cuda-files-extension-only option.
-p	Alias for --compilation-database.
--process-all	Migrate or copy all files, except hidden, from the --in-root directory to the --out-root directory. The --in-root option should be explicitly specified. Default: off. Details: If --process-all and --in-root options are specified, but no input files are provided, the tool migrates or copies all files, except hidden, from the --in-root directory to the output directory. If there is a compilation database: Files from the compilation database are migrated with the options specified in the compilation database Files with the .cu extension that are not listed in the compilation database are migrated as standalone Remaining files are copied to the –out-root directory If there is no compilation database: Files with the .cu extension are migrated as standalone Remaining files are copied to the -out-root directory --process-all is ignored if input files are provided on the command line.
--stop-on-parse-err	Stop migration and generation of reports if parsing errors happened. Default: off.
--vcxprojfile=<file>	The directory path for the C++ project file vcxproj of the Visual Studio project to migrate. Paths and build options described in the project file are used to guide the migration.
--intercept-build	Intercept build tool to generate a compilation database.
--sycl-file-extension=<value>	Specify the extension of migrated source file(s). The values are: =dp-cpp: Use extension ‘.dp.cpp’ and ‘.dp.hpp’ (default). =sycl-cpp: Use extension ‘.sycl.cpp’ and ‘.sycl.hpp’. =cpp: Use extension ‘.cpp’ and ‘.hpp’.