verify an Isabelle proof from the command line

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How can I verify that a *.thy file is a valid Isabelle proof from the command line? Doing it in the GUI amounts to seeing that there are no issues/errors/warnings etc, I guess. But is there a way to do it from the command line?

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 23 '18 at 06:48

You just have to write a small ROOT-file and then invoke isabelle build. E.g., if you want to check that theories Foo.thy and Bar.thy compile, then you create a file with name ROOT with the following content:

session Test = HOL + 
theories
  Foo
  Bar

Then the compilation can be done via

isabelle build -d. Test

See the Isabelle system manual (Chapter 2) for more details.

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 23 '18 at 16:36

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If you want to avoid having to create a ROOT file, you might be able to do something like:

isabelle process -T Foo

But isabelle build is certainly the “more official” way.

Something similar (with a hackish dance to set the secure mode for some theories) is what the Praktomat does to submitted Isabelle theories.

answered Feb 23 '18 at 16:36

Joachim Breitner

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What does Praktomat do now that secure mode doesn't exist anymore? – larsrh Mar 05 '18 at 13:31
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I guess the Isabelle support there is a bit stale :-) – Joachim Breitner Mar 05 '18 at 14:45

verify an Isabelle proof from the command line

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