From:	j DOT aldrich6 AT genie DOT com
Message-Id:	<199602230223.AA222662211@relay1.geis.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Feb 96 02:05:00 UTC 0000
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Mime-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: Using GNU make (AHHHHHHH!)

Reply to message 5777747 from ELIZ AT IS DOT ELTA DOT CO DOT IL@INET01# on 02/22/96  8:55AM

> use.  If you invoke gcc like this:
>
>	gcc -o myprog myprog.o ....
>
> it will create *both* `myprog' and `myprog.exe', as opposed to this:
>
>	gcc -o myprog.exe myprog.o ....
>
> which will leave you with only `myprog.exe'.

But what if I don't want it to make the .exe file?  I have a large program for
which I would rather have the coff format file than the executable, and I hate
having to delete it each time I run make.  How do you tell gcc to suppress
creating the .exe?

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