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666 :: How can I compile Nim in specific folder?

• jgoodgive (orginal) [2014-12-11T10:13:10+01:00] view original

  Currently when compiling, the whole root directory and everywhere where theres a .nim file everything gets flooded with .c .o and .exe files. (EDIT: although .c and .o in nimcache) Is there a way to make it output all files in a different directory.

  My dream would be so have a build script that pushd ..Build nim ..codeawesomeness.nim popd

  And have all the build (c, o, exe) stuff (edit: and nimcache) in that build directory and have a clean code directory. If I am doing it wrong completely please let me know.

  Thanks, J

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• Araq (orginal) [2014-12-11T10:50:55+01:00] view original

  You can use the --out and --nimcache command line options to get rid of the "flooding" but tbh I have no idea what you're talking about. It creates a nimcache directory and an .exe. So that's 2 entries in your root directory, that doesn't count as flooding.

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• jgoodgive (orginal) [2014-12-11T11:27:37+01:00] view original

  Your right Araq, but if I end up compiling other src files looking for bugs etc, I suddenly get exe files elsewhere too. I just want the exe and nimcache to end up in a build dir. And that you kindly helped me with. Thank you! :)

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