Commander X16

I'm following SlithyMatt's x16-assembly-tutorial, which btw is an awesome introduction to Assembly and the basics of 65C02. However, I've noticed, that all examples I compile, there is no .o-file build.

I'm using a Windows machine and have all the required tools set up as explained here SlithyMatt's x16-hello-cc65.

Whether I now run the ca65.exe or the cl65.exe, in both cases no .o-file is build. For example the following command
creates TEST.PRG and test.list, but nothing else.

Does anybody know how to solve this issue?
Many thanks

What would be the output .o file is named what the -o option indicates, when that option is present on the command line. In your example case, the output file is TEST.PRG.

ca65 is the assembler and cl65 is a combined compiler and linker. If you use the compiler cc65, you will get an object file.

Thanks for this clarification, Johan Kårlin. So that is just a missunderstanding and Matt probably didn't mean to mention the oputput of an o-file by the cl65, but thought instead of the compiler than of the linker.

That is, that the compiler is for the C language only and will produce an object file which contains assembly code, while the linker will take all the object/assembly files and put them together to an executable, right?

Thanks again and have a nice week

Slevin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:49 amThat is, that the compiler is for the C language only and will produce an object file which contains assembly code, while the linker will take all the object/assembly files and put them together to an executable, right?

Thanks again and have a nice week

That is exactly right. Good luck with your coding adventures. I have struggled with a lot of things when learning to program for the X16. Luckily, this is a very helpful community.