Fe

Specifies the name for a built program or dynamic-link library.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32 architecture, Intel® 64 architecture, IA-64 architecture

Syntax

Linux and Mac OS: None
Windows:  /Fe{file | dir}

Arguments

file  Is the name for the built program or dynamic-link library.
dir Is the directory where the built program or dynamic-link library should be placed. It can include file.

Default

OFF The name of the file is the name of the first source file on the command line with file extension .exe, so file.f becomes file.exe.

Description

This option specifies the name for a built program (.EXE) or a dynamic-link library (.DLL).

You can use this option to specify an alternate name for an executable file. This is especially useful when compiling and linking a set of input files. You can use the option to give the resulting file a name other than that of the first input file (source or object) on the command line.

Alternate Options

Linux and Mac OS: -o
Windows: None

See Also

o compiler option