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diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index 5ba632e..e230f45 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -3891,6 +3891,12 @@ compiling @file{foo.c} with @samp{-c -save-temps} would produce files preprocessed @file{foo.i} output file even though the compiler now normally uses an integrated preprocessor. +When used in combination with the @option{-x} command line option, +@option{-save-temps} is sensible enough to avoid over writing an +input source file with the same extension as an intermediate file. +The corresponding intermediate file may be obtained by renaming the +source file before using @option{-save-temps}. + @item -time @opindex time Report the CPU time taken by each subprocess in the compilation |