There is no exe present in the output of `dotnet publish`.

Steps to reproduce

PowerShell

git clone https://github.com/aspnet/cli-samples.git
cd .\cli-samples\HelloWeb\
dnvm use 1.0.0-rc2-20221 -runtime coreclr -os win -architecture x64
dotnet restore
dotnet publish --output approot
dir .\approot\ -Filter *.exe

Expected behavior

C:\GitHub\cli-samples\HelloWeb [master ≡ +1 ~0 -0 !]> dir .\approot\ -Filter *.exe


    Directory: C:\GitHub\cli-samples\HelloWeb\approot


Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                -------------         ------ ----
-a----        4/13/2016   9:30 PM              0 HelloWeb.exe

Actual behavior

There is no .exe present.

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-rc2-002392)

Product Information:
 Version:     1.0.0-rc2-002392
 Commit Sha:  880dcf2fc8

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.10586
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64

[guardrex]

@shaunluttin That explains it … I was looking in totally the wrong place. … and woe! was this hard to find!!! … https://github.com/blackdwarf/core-docs/blob/clidocs/docs/core-concepts/app-types.md

[guardrex]

@shaunluttin This is by-design. What you produced first was a shared framework application, so it’s not supposed to have an executable, as the app’s runtime will be installed on the host. Your mods ended up producing a self-contained standalone application (produced by removing the "type": "platform"bit and providing a runtime).

I’d give you the doc on the details but it’s under development buried over there somewhere on a branch I think. /cc @blackdwarf wrote that I think and will know right where it is.