VAX                                                                  ld(1)

   Name
     ld - link editor

   Syntax
     ld [option...] file...

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     -o        Takes the name argument after -o as the name of the ld output
               file, instead of a.out.
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-rwxr-xr-x  1 lechner  92s523      64512 Feb  8 23:10 students_cs.exe
-rw-------  1 lechner  92s523      57436 Feb 23 12:30 students_cs.o

cs(179)> !171
ld -o students_cs.exe students_cs.o
-o: No such file or directory
cs(180)> 
cs(180)> man gld
No manual entry for gld.
cs(181)> 
27dec1991                                                           G++(1)
                                                                    GNU Tools

   NAME
     g++ - GNU project C++ Compiler (v2 preliminary)

   SYNOPSIS
     g++ [option | filename ]...
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 SEE ALSO
     gcc(1), cpp(1), as(1), ld(1), gdb(1), adb(1), dbx(1), sdb(1).
     `gcc', `cpp', `as',`ld', and `gdb' entries in info.
     Using and Porting GNU CC (for version 2.0), Richard M. Stallman,
     November 1990; The C Preprocessor, Richard M. Stallman, July 1990; Using
     GDB: A Guide to the GNU Source-Level Debugger, Richard M. Stallman and
     Roland H. Pesch, December 1991; Using as: the GNU Assembler, Dean Els-
     ner, Jay Fenlason & friends, March 1991; gld: the GNU linker, Steve
     Chamberlain and Roland Pesch, April 1991.

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I would like to know what linker to use to get a  named .exe file
without renaming a.out?