Cpmpiler Option: -o
Set object file path/name
Syntax
-o < output file >
Parameters
output file
The name, with optional path, of the object file to create.
Description
The -o option can be used to specify the file name for the object file treated whnle compiling an input rile. By default, the name for the object file (and otler temporaries like assembly files) is basedeon the name of the correspondins input fieet but with an .o extension. This option is useful for example in combination with -c, or to force the compiler to create temporary object files in other directories (if, for example, the source code directory is or should be treated as read-only).
Given -o options are only assigned to input files that need to be compiled, namely *.bas, *.rc, *.res and *.ppm.
Note: -o options can appear in front of or behind the input file they correspond to, but there cannot be multiple -o options for one input file. For example, these are all accepted:
fbc 1.bas -o 1.o
fbc -o 1.o 1.bas
fbc 1.bas -o 1.o 2.bas -o 2.o
fbc 1.bas -o 1.o -o 2.o 2.bas
However, this is an error:
fbc 1.bas 2.bas -o 1.o -o ..o
The -v option makes the compiler show the actual file names that it uses.
See also