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Where does Ionide + Fake put the output executable?

I am trying to use .NET Core + Ionide + VS Code + Fake + Paket on macOS High Sierra.

Using the project generator, I have created a Suave application called Test. Ionide seems to have generated the appropriate files. After tweaking the TargetFramework to .NET Core, I can build successfully: 

$ ./build.sh
...
Build succeeded.
    0 Warning(s)
    0 Error(s)

Time Elapsed 00:00:03.72
Finished Target: Build

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Build Time Report
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Target             Duration
------             --------
Clean              00:00:00.0026904
InstallDotNetCLI   00:00:01.2292511
Restore            00:00:04.2731055
Build              00:00:07.1234434
Total:             00:00:12.7035334
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Status:            Ok
---------------------------------------------------------------------

There are now some files in Test/bin, but none of them are .exe, which is what I would expect as output from fsharpc.

Where does Ionide + Fake put the output executable?

My project has OutputType executable: 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Test.fs" />
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="..\.paket\Paket.Restore.targets" />
</Project>
Solution

  • .Net Core compiles all projects (even executable applications) to .dll not .exe that can be run with dotnet PATH_TO_DLL. In the bin folder, in the subfolder for given framework target there should be file YOUR_PROJECT_NAME.dll that can be run with dotnet CLI.