HLA compilation - can build directory be specified?

Question

By default, compiling hla filename.hla builds an executable in the currently directory. Can a different directory be specified?

Answer 1

ENVIRONMENT

• HLA (High Level Assembler - HLABE back end, LD linker) Version 2.16 build 4463 (prototype)
• Ubuntu 20.10

SOLUTION

• This can be specified by using the option -x:name Executable output filename (does not append ".exe"). Found in the hla help, under the "Assembler and Linker Control" section.
• To change the output directory consider -x:name to be -x:/path/to/name instead.

EXAMPLE

user@host:~/example$ ls
src  bin
user@host:~/example$ cd src
user@host:~/example/src$ ls
filename.hla
user@host:~/example/src$ hla -x:../bin/filename.x filename.hla
user@host:~/example/src$ ls
src.hla  src.o
user@host:~/example/src$ cd ../bin
user@host:~/example/bin$ ls
filename.x
user@host:~/example/bin$