Steps involved in conversion of C file to Hex file

 Steps involved in conversion of C file to Hex file

Hi.. Can any one tell me steps involved while the c file is converted to hex file. i.e what all files(e.g.object files,list files,loader,linker) comes into existance.?

 RE: Steps involved in conversion of C file to Hex file

Source files -> compiler -> object files

Object files + libraries -> linker -> Binary executable + list files (optional)

Binary executable -> Binary-to-hex conversion tool -> hex file

 Source files -> compiler -> object files

Conceptually (sometimes literally), the translation is in two steps:

1. Source files -> preprocessor -> preprocessed source files;

2. preprocessed source files -> compiler -> object files + list files (optional)

It is important to understand this; in particular to understand that the "compiler" itself never sees the parts of the original sources that are replaced by the "preprocessor".

Most tools have an option to retain the "preprocessed" source files - which can be useful for debugging preprocessor problems:

http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=29152

 RE: Steps involved in conversion of C file to Hex file

Thank you very much for the clear concept..
If you could, please mention what is the function of LOADER.

 What you really need...

... is a computer science textbook and/or dictionary.

You could also try: http://www.wikipedia.org
and many like it...

 Look at the pretty picture

http://www.keil.com/c51/devproc.asp