[project @ 2002-09-26 09:01:34 by simonpj]

Notes on .exe files

diff --git a/ghc/docs/users_guide/using.sgml b/ghc/docs/users_guide/using.sgml
index fff6144..c346be5 100644 (file)
--- a/ghc/docs/users_guide/using.sgml
+++ b/ghc/docs/users_guide/using.sgml
@@ -574,6 +574,16 @@ ghc ––make Main.hs
           counterintuitive: <command>ghc -C -o foo.o foo.hs</command>
           will put the intermediate C code in the file
           <filename>foo.o</filename>, name notwithstanding!</para>
+
+         <para>Note: on Windows, if the result is an executable file, the
+          extension "<filename>.exe</filename>" is added if the specified filename
+           does not already have an extension.  Thus
+           <programlisting>
+                ghc -o foo Main.hs
+           </programlisting>
+          will compile and link the module <filename>Main.hs</filename>, and put the
+          resulting executable in <filename>foo.exe</filename> (not <filename>foo</filename>).
+         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>