How to compile to a different location - compilation

Question

I am very new to using the a command line to compile code so I was wondering how to make the D compiler compile all its code to a certain location instead of where the source is. As in I want the final .exe and the obj code all in a particular directory. I know you can use the -of command but I currently don't know the format for using it.
Currently I have:
C:\D\dmd2\windows\bin\dmd.exe -w C:\Users\Kyle\Desktop\D\Test.d C:\Users\Kyle\Desktop\D\src\MyMod.d
What do I need to add?

Answer 1

Use -offilename switch. Example:
dmd factorial.d -offilename "d:\test_name.exe"
or short version:
dmd factorial.d "-ofd:\test_name.exe"
Note: The double quotes are necessary if your path contains spaces.
Note2: In short version you can skip .exe, but don't do it in full version, because compiler would search for source file with that name.

Answer 2

I know people do not like RTFM answers, but the following is kind of RTFM answer that answers your question:
Execute dmd --help and you will get the following:
DMD32 D Compiler v2.061
Copyright (c) 1999-2012 by Digital Mars written by Walter Bright
Documentation: http://www.dlang.org/index.html
Usage:
dmd files.d ... { -switch }
files.d D source files
#cmdfile read arguments from cmdfile
-c do not link
-cov do code coverage analysis
-D generate documentation
-Dddocdir write documentation file to docdir directory
-Dffilename write documentation file to filename
-d silently allow deprecated features
-dw show use of deprecated features as warnings (default)
-de show use of deprecated features as errors (halt compilation)
-debug compile in debug code
-debug=level compile in debug code <= level
-debug=ident compile in debug code identified by ident
-debuglib=name set symbolic debug library to name
-defaultlib=name set default library to name
-deps=filename write module dependencies to filename
-g add symbolic debug info
-gc add symbolic debug info, pretend to be C
-gs always emit stack frame
-H generate 'header' file
-Hddirectory write 'header' file to directory
-Hffilename write 'header' file to filename
--help print help
-Ipath where to look for imports
-ignore ignore unsupported pragmas
-inline do function inlining
-Jpath where to look for string imports
-Llinkerflag pass linkerflag to link
-lib generate library rather than object files
-man open web browser on manual page
-map generate linker .map file
-noboundscheck turns off array bounds checking for all functions
-O optimize
-o- do not write object file
-odobjdir write object & library files to directory objdir
-offilename name output file to filename <---- [1]
-op do not strip paths from source file
-profile profile runtime performance of generated code
-property enforce property syntax
-quiet suppress unnecessary messages
-release compile release version
-run srcfile args... run resulting program, passing args
-unittest compile in unit tests
-v verbose
-version=level compile in version code >= level
-version=ident compile in version code identified by ident
-vtls list all variables going into thread local storage
-w warnings as errors (compilation will halt)
-wi warnings as messages (compilation will continue)
-X generate JSON file
-Xffilename write JSON file to filename
I marked the line that answers your question with [1] and an arrow.

Answer 3

Have a look at the -of, -od and -op switches. It's hard to be more specific without knowing what exactly you mean by "compile all its code to a certain location".