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Use Program.dll instead of Program.exe in illink docs #95752

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I helped a user on Discord today who got confused by the doc because the .exe in a .NET app is actually a native binary (the apphost) and passing that to illink results in a BadImageFormatException.

Update the doc to use Program.dll instead.

@akoeplinger akoeplinger added the area-Tools-ILLink .NET linker development as well as trimming analyzers label Dec 7, 2023
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I helped a user on Discord today who got confused by the doc because the .exe in a .NET app is actually a native binary (the apphost) and passing that to illink results in a BadImageFormatException.

Update the doc to use Program.dll instead.

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@ghost ghost added the linkable-framework Issues associated with delivering a linker friendly framework label Dec 7, 2023
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Issue Details

I helped a user on Discord today who got confused by the doc because the .exe in a .NET app is actually a native binary (the apphost) and passing that to illink results in a BadImageFormatException.

Update the doc to use Program.dll instead.

Author: akoeplinger
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linkable-framework, area-Tools-ILLink
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@akoeplinger akoeplinger merged commit 47b3a75 into dotnet:main Dec 8, 2023
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