Compile and run a file.c using Tiny C Compiler on Windows

Question

Could I get a step by step on how to compile my file.c using Tiny C Compiler and Windows prompt?

Some questions I already have:

1. Where do I stick all TC

Answer 1

1. you put the files wherever you like.

2. no, you do not need to compile stdio.h in order to use the printf() function.

the tcc-distribution (tcc-0.9.25-win32-bin\tcc) consists of this:

 tcc.exe
 tiny_impdef.exe
 tiny_libmaker.exe
 include\
   stdio.h ...
 lib\
   libtcc1.a ...
 doc\
 examples\  

if you do not tear that order apart, tcc should work out of the box (i compiled a hello.c seconds ago). if you separated the files or something else does not work:

% tcc.exe -Ipath/to/include/folder/of/tcc input.c -L/path/to/lib/folder/of/

by looking at the source code of tcc i found this:

/* on win32, we suppose the lib and includes are at the location
   of 'tcc.exe' */

char path[1024], *p;
GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, path, sizeof path);
p = tcc_basename(normalize_slashes(strlwr(path)));

so, per default it assumes the libs and the headers to be in the place right next to the tcc.exe.