z3(1) a state-of-the art theorem prover from Microsoft Research

SYNOPSIS

z3 [options] [-file:]file

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the z3 command.

z3 Z3 is a state-of-the art theorem prover from Microsoft Research. It can be used to check the satisfiability of logical formulas over one or more theories. Z3 offers a compelling match for software analysis and verification tools, since several common software constructs map directly into supported theories.

Input format

-smt
Use parser for SMT input format.
-smt2
Use parser for SMT 2 input format.
-dl
Use parser for Datalog input format.
-dimacs
Use parser for DIMACS input format.
-log
Use parser for Z3 log input format.
-in
Read formula from standard input.

Miscellaneous

-h | -?
Prints the usage information.
-version
Prints version number of Z3.
-v:level
Be verbose, where <level> is the verbosity level.
-nw
Disable warning messages.
-p
Display Z3 global (and module) parameters.
-pd
Display Z3 global (and module) parameter descriptions.
-pm:name
Display Z3 module <name> parameters.
-pp:name
Display Z3 parameter description, if <name> is not provided, then all module names are listed.
--
All remaining arguments are assumed to be part of the input file name. This option allows Z3 to read files with strange names such as: -foo.smt2.

Resources

-T:timeout
Set the timeout (in seconds).
-t:timeout
Set the soft timeout (in milli seconds). It only kills the current query.
-memory:Megabytes
Set a limit for virtual memory consumption.

Output

-st
Display statistics.

Parameter setting

Global and module parameters can be set in the command line. Use 'z3 -p' for the complete list of global and module parameters.
param_name=value
For setting global parameters.
module_name.param_name=value
For setting module parameters.

AUTHOR

Z3 Copyright 2006-2014 Microsoft Corp.

This manual page was written by Michael Tautschnig <[email protected]>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).