How to set compiler path in parasoft cpptestcli?

Question

I'm using Parasoft C++test 9.0. I've used "cpptestscan.exe" to create build data file(bdf), then I want to run my ruleset with "cpptestcli.exe". When I use "New Project -> C++ Test -> Create project from a build data file" in Parasoft IDE(Eclipse based), it allows me to configure compiler setting(family, c compiler, c++ compiler and linker), and it works in IDE. But, when I create project with:

cpptestcli -bdf "%BDF_PATH%\cpptestscan.bdf" -data "%REPO_PATH%"

It creates ".metadata" and "Source(project name)" folders, and creates ".project", ".project", ".project" files in Source folder. Then, if I try to run test with:

cpptestcli -data "%REPO_PATH%" -config "%REPO_PATH%\ruleset.properties" -import "%REPO_PATH%\Source\.project" -showdetails -nobuild -report "%REPORT_PATH%\Report.html"

Because it doesn't use the proper compiler, it gives this error:

Failed checking foo.c - Coding Standards checker: error during parsing file.

How can I tell cpptestcli.exe to use proper compiler? I can't find any option in its help document. Or is any other way to fix this problem?

Answer 1

there is a flag named compiler:

-compiler gcc_4_7

add it and it will use the proper compiler

Answer 2

First fo all, use cpptestcli -list-compilers in order to list the supported compilers. Next, use the appropriate COMPILER ID from the list in -compiler <COMPILER ID>, e.g.

cpptestcli -compiler gcc_7-64 …