$ mkbundle -o hello hello.exe
.fi
.PP
-The above will pull hello.exe native program called "hello". Notice
+The above will pull hello.exe into a native program called "hello". Notice
that the produced image still contains the CIL image and no
precompilation is done.
.PP
In addition, it is possible to control whether mkbundle should compile
-the resulting executable or not. This is useful if you want to link
-additional libraries or control the generated output in more detail.
-For example, this could be used to link some libraries statically:
+the resulting executable or not with the -c option. This is useful if
+you want to link additional libraries or control the generated output
+in more detail. For example, this could be used to link some libraries
+statically:
.nf
- $ mkbundle -o host.c -oo bundles.o --deps hello.exe
+ $ mkbundle -c -o host.c -oo bundles.o --deps hello.exe
$ cc host.c bundles.o /usr/lib/libmono.a -lc -lrt
.fi
+.PP
+You may also use mkbundle to generate a bundle you can use when
+embedding the Mono runtime in a native application. In that case, use
+both the -c and --nomain options. The resulting host.c file will
+not have a main() function. Call mono_mkbundle_init() before
+initializing the JIT in your code so that the bundled assemblies
+are available to the embedded runtime.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.I "-c"
By default mkbundle dynamically links to mono and glib. This option
causes it to statically link instead.
.TP
+.I "--nomain"
+With the -c option, generate the host stub without a main() function.
+.TP
.I "--config-dir DIR"
When passed, DIR will be set for the MONO_CFG_DIR environment variable
.TP
Compresses the assemblies before embedding. This results in smaller
executable files, but increases startup time and requires zlib to be
installed on the target system.
+.SH WINDOWS
+On Windows systems, it it necessary to have Unix-like toolchain to be
+installed for mkbundle to work. You can use cygwin's and install gcc,
+gcc-mingw and as packages.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
.I "AS"
This program will load referenced assemblies from the Mono assembly
cache.
.SH BUGS
-The options "--static" and "-z" are not supported under Windows.
+The option "--static" is not supported under Windows.
Moreover, a full cygwin environment containing at least "gcc" and "as"
is required for the build process. The generated executable does not
depend on cygwin.