2.4. -c

The -c option disables the load step and saves the binary object file version of your program in file.o, where file is the name of the source file and .o is the suffix used. If there is more than one input file, a file.o is created for each input file specified.

If only one input file is processed and neither the -b bin_obj_file nor the -c options are specified, the binary version of your program is not saved after the load is completed.

If both the -b bin_obj_file and -c options are specified on the ftn command line, the load step is disabled and the binary object file is written to the name specified as the argument to the -b bin_obj_file option. For more information on the -b bin_obj_file option, see Section 2.3.

If both the -o out_file and the -c option are specified on the ftn command line, the load step is disabled and the binary file is written to the out_file specified as an argument to -o. For more information on the -o out_file option, see Section 2.19.