TAU Commander Target:

The Target settings define the environment including: the host architecture,
compiler family and instaled software libraries.

Creating new targets:
Enter: tau target create <new_target_name>

Copying a TAU Commander Target:
Enter: tau target copy <existing_target_name> <new_target_name>
The new target has the same properties as the original existing target.

Editing a TAU Commander Target:
Enter: tau target edit <target_name> --<target_property> <property setting>

The target name can be changed with –new-name as shown below:
tau target edit <target_name> --new-name <new_target_name>

Delete a TAU Commander Target:
Enter: tau target delete <target_name>

List TAU Commander Target in a project:
Enter: tau target list
tau target list –l (long description)
tau target list –s (short description)


Command Line Usage

tau target <subcommand> [arguments]

Positional Arguments Description
subcommand See ‘subcommands’ below.
[arguments] Arguments to be passed to .
Optional Arguments Description
-h, –help Show this help message and exit.
Subcommands Description
copy Copy and modify target configurations.
create Create target configurations.
delete Delete target configurations.
edit Modify target configurations.
list Show target configuration data.
metrics Show metrics available on this target.

See tau target <subcommand> --help for more information on a subcommand.


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