diff --git a/examples/build/hello.lisp b/examples/build/hello.lisp
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+;;; Copyright (c) 2006, Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll.
+;;;
+;;; ECL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+;;; License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+;;; version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;;	See file '../Copyright' for full details.
+
+(ffi::clines "extern const char *hello_string;")
+
+(ffi::def-foreign-var ("hello_string" +hello-string+) (* :char) nil)
+
+(print (ffi:convert-from-foreign-string +hello-string+))
+
diff --git a/examples/build/hello_aux.c b/examples/build/hello_aux.c
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+/* Copyright (c) 2006, Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll.
+ *
+ * ECL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *	See file '../Copyright' for full details.
+ */
+
+const char *hello_string = "Hello world!";
diff --git a/examples/build/readme.lisp b/examples/build/readme.lisp
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+;;; Copyright (c) 2006, Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll.
+;;;
+;;; ECL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+;;; modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
+;;; License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+;;; version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;;	See file '../Copyright' for full details.
+
+;;;
+;;; DESCRIPTION:
+;;;
+;;; This file uses a "Hellow world!" string which is in an another C
+;;; file called hello_aux.c. Both hello.lisp and hello_aux.c are
+;;; compiled and linked into either
+;;;
+;;;	1) a FASL file (see build_fasl.lisp)
+;;;	2) a shared library (see build_dll.lisp)
+;;;	3) or a standalone executable file. (build_exe.lisp)
+;;;
+;;; USE:
+;;;
+;;; Launch a copy of ECL and load this file in it
+;;;
+;;;	(load "readme.lisp")
+;;;
+
+(format t "
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;
+;;; BUILDING A COMPOUND FASL FILE
+;;;
+")
+
+;;;
+;;; * We compile hello.lisp and hello_aux.c separately.
+;;;
+(compile-file "hello.lisp" :system-p t)
+
+(c::compiler-cc "hello_aux.c" (compile-file-pathname "hello_aux.c" :type :object))
+
+;;;
+;;; * We combine both in a single FASL file
+;;;
+
+(defconstant +compound-fasl+ (compile-file-pathname "compound" :type :fasl))
+
+(c::build-fasl +compound-fasl+
+	       :lisp-files
+	       (list (compile-file-pathname "hello.lisp" :type :object))
+	       :ld-flags
+	       (list (namestring (compile-file-pathname "hello_aux.c" :type :object))))
+
+;;;
+;;; * We load both files
+;;;
+
+(load +compound-fasl+)
+
+
+(format t "
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;
+;;; BUILDING A STANDALONE EXECUTABLE
+;;;
+")
+
+;;
+;; * Combine files in a standalone executable. We reuse the files
+;;   from the previous example
+;;
+
+(defconstant +standalone-exe+ (compile-file-pathname "standalone" :type :program))
+
+(c::build-program +standalone-exe+
+		  :lisp-files
+		  (list (compile-file-pathname "hello.lisp" :type :object))
+		  :ld-flags
+		  (list (namestring (compile-file-pathname "hello_aux.c" :type :object)))
+		  :epilogue-code
+		  '(si::quit))
+
+;;
+;; * Test the program
+;;
+(si::system (format nil "./~A" +standalone-exe+))
+
+;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
+;;;
+;;; CLEAN UP
+;;;
+
+(delete-file (compile-file-pathname "hello.lisp" :type :object))
+(delete-file (compile-file-pathname "hello_aux.c" :type :object))
+(delete-file +compound-fasl+)
+(delete-file +standalone-exe+)