Windows doc: Update docs about building Java and Python on Windows
Now we are using the native launcher to run binary for Java and Python,
so the outputs of these targets have changed.
Closes #4898.
Change-Id: Id2ea33d7c02b5608215b5cd4173ed917df0cb217
PiperOrigin-RevId: 190037369
diff --git a/site/docs/windows.md b/site/docs/windows.md
index a3db04a..1b7319a 100644
--- a/site/docs/windows.md
+++ b/site/docs/windows.md
@@ -172,13 +172,10 @@
There's no setup necessary.
-On Windows, Bazel builds three output files for `java_binary` rules:
+On Windows, Bazel builds two output files for `java_binary` rules:
* a `.jar` file
-* a shell script that can set up the environment for the JVM and run the
- binary
-* a `.cmd` file (a batch script) that can call Bash with the aforementioned
- shell script.
+* a `.exe` file that can set up the environment for the JVM and run the binary
Try building a target from one of our [sample
projects](https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/tree/master/examples):
@@ -186,7 +183,7 @@
```
C:\projects\bazel> bazel build //examples/java-native/src/main/java/com/example/myproject:hello-world
-C:\projects\bazel> bazel-bin\examples\java-native\src\main\java\com\example\myproject\hello-world.cmd
+C:\projects\bazel> bazel-bin\examples\java-native\src\main\java\com\example\myproject\hello-world.exe
```
### Build Python
@@ -213,10 +210,10 @@
On Windows, Bazel builds two output files for `py_binary` rules:
* a self-extracting zip file
-* a batch script that can execute the Python interpreter with the
+* an executable file that can launch the Python interpreter with the
self-extracting zip file as the argument
-You can either run the batch script (it has a `.cmd` extension) or you can run
+You can either run the executable file (it has a `.exe` extension) or you can run
Python with the self-extracting zip file as the argument.
Try building a target from one of our [sample
@@ -225,9 +222,9 @@
```
C:\projects\bazel> bazel build //examples/py_native:bin
-C:\projects\bazel> bazel-bin\examples\py_native\bin.cmd
+C:\projects\bazel> bazel-bin\examples\py_native\bin.exe
-C:\projects\bazel> python bazel-bin\examples\py_native\bin
+C:\projects\bazel> python bazel-bin\examples\py_native\bin.zip
```
If you are interested in details about how Bazel builds Python targets on
