Dear All,

Normally, I use the guided 'deploytool' to package up my .m files into an executable.  I noticed the other day, however, that there's a command line alternative.  In my case:

mcc -o 'ProjName' -W 'main' -d 'D:\Proj_Name\src' -T 'link:exe' -v 'D:\..._Main.m' -a 'D:\Various.other.files.m' ...

However, when I run this command, where previously I had separate 'distrib' and a 'src' folders (and the documentation told me to use the .exe in the 'distrib' folder), running the command line only seems to create a 'src' folder.

The question, then:  Does this matter?  That is to say, what's the difference between the two folders?  And is it reliable to deploy executables from the src folder to other users?

Thanks,

James.

You can reliably deploy executables in the "src" folder. DEPLOYTOOL uses the 
"distrib" folder to simplify the distribution process -- you'll find many 
files in "src" that are not in "distrib", as DEPLOYTOOL copies only those 
files you need to distribute into the "distrib" folder.

"james bejon" <jamesbejon@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> Dear All,
>
> Normally, I use the guided 'deploytool' to package up my .m files into an 
> executable.  I noticed the other day, however, that there's a command line 
> alternative.  In my case:
>
> mcc -o 'ProjName' -W 'main' -d 'D:\Proj_Name\src' -T 'link:exe' -v 
> 'D:\..._Main.m' -a 'D:\Various.other.files.m' ...
>
> However, when I run this command, where previously I had separate 
> 'distrib' and a 'src' folders (and the documentation told me to use the 
> .exe in the 'distrib' folder), running the command line only seems to 
> create a 'src' folder.
>
> The question, then:  Does this matter?  That is to say, what's the 
> difference between the two folders?  And is it reliable to deploy 
> executables from the src folder to other users?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James. 

Thanks for the response.

Oddly, perhaps, the .exe itself tends to be larger in 'distrib', but I haven't had any problems with this method thus far...