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title: "Output-File (/F) Options"
description: "Learn more about: Output-File (/F) Options"
title: "Output-File (-F) Options"
ms.date: "11/04/2016"
ms.date: 11/04/2016
helpviewer_keywords: ["output files", "output files, compiler options [C++]", "cl.exe compiler, output files"]
ms.assetid: f6367f30-2710-4178-b43a-639eed824acb
---
# Output-File (/F) Options
# Output-File (`/F`) Options

The output-file options create or rename output files. They affect all C or C++ source files specified in the CL environment variable, on the command line, or in any command file.

- [/FA, /Fa (Listing File)](fa-fa-listing-file.md)
- [`/FA`, `/Fa` (Listing File)](fa-fa-listing-file.md)

- [Specifying the Pathname](specifying-the-pathname.md)

- [/Fd (Name PDB File)](fd-program-database-file-name.md)
- [`/FD` (IDE Minimal Rebuild)](fd-ide-minimal-rebuild.md)

- [/Fe (Name EXE File)](fe-name-exe-file.md)
- [`/Fd` (Name PDB File)](fd-program-database-file-name.md)

- [/FI (Name Forced Include File)](fi-name-forced-include-file.md)
- [`/Fe` (Name EXE File)](fe-name-exe-file.md)

- [/Fm (Name Mapfile)](fm-name-mapfile.md)
- [`/Fi` (Preprocess output file name)](fi-preprocess-output-file-name.md)

- [/Fo (Name Object File)](fo-object-file-name.md)
- [`/FI` (Name Forced Include File)](fi-name-forced-include-file.md)

- [/Fp (Name .pch File)](fp-name-dot-pch-file.md)
- [`/Fm` (Name Mapfile)](fm-name-mapfile.md)

- [/FR, /Fr (Create .sbr File)](fr-fr-create-dot-sbr-file.md)
- [`/Fo` (Name Object File)](fo-object-file-name.md)

- [/FU (Name Forced #using File)](fu-name-forced-hash-using-file.md)
- [`/Fp` (Name .pch File)](fp-name-dot-pch-file.md)

- [/Fx (Merge Injected Code)](fx-merge-injected-code.md)
- [`/FR`, `/Fr` (Create .sbr File)](fr-fr-create-dot-sbr-file.md)

- [`/FU` (Name Forced #using File)](fu-name-forced-hash-using-file.md)

- [`/Fx` (Merge Injected Code)](fx-merge-injected-code.md)

## See also

[MSVC Compiler Options](compiler-options.md)<br/>
[MSVC Compiler Options](compiler-options.md)\
[MSVC Compiler Command-Line Syntax](compiler-command-line-syntax.md)