Official IOCCC submission toolkit

mkiocccentry - make an IOCCC submission

The mkiocccentry toolkit is required to form a submission to enter the IOCCC (International Obfuscated C Code Contest).

If you do not know what the IOCCC is, then see the Goals of the Contest, and Entering the IOCCC: the bare minimum you need to know.

Requirements to use the mkiocccentry toolkit to submit to the IOCCC

First, a set of requirements for using the toolkit:

• Unix-like environment (see IOCCC Rule 5 - Integrity).
• GNU Make version 4.3 or later (see IOCCC FAQ on "make compatibility").
• A C compiler that understands "-std=gnu17".
• bash version 5.1.8 or later.

Compiling and using the toolkit

For a quick step by step list of instructions on how to submit an entry, including obtaining this repo, compiling it and using it, please see FAQ on "Entering the IOCCC: the bare minimum you need to know".

You might also wish to look at the "guidelines about mkiocccentry".

Getting further help / reporting issues

If you have a problem with anything in this repo, including with compiling and/or installing (which is not required but is highly recommended), or other kinds of questions, please see the FAQ for answers to a number of possible problems as well as to see how to report issues.

If your issue is a problem compiling the tools or you have encountered what you think is a bug, please see the FAQ on "reporting bugs".

Additionally, if you have more questions on the use of the toolkit, see the FAQ section Entering the IOCCC: the bare minimum you need to know, the FAQ section Entering the IOCCC: more help and details, the IOCCC Guidelines and the IOCCC Rules at the Official IOCCC website.