PRB: L1093, L1083, L1080, or L1092 Error, "-" in Link Options

MS-DOS                        | OS/2

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS, versions 5.0x, 5.1x, 5.2x, 5.3x, 5.5, and 5.6
• Microsoft LINK for OS/2, versions 5.0x, 5.1, 5.11, 5.13, and 5.15

SYMPTOMS

An attempt to link an application fails and Microsoft LINK generates one of the following messages:

   fatal error L1093: -xxx.obj : object file not found
   fatal error L1083: C:xxx.exe : cannot open run file
   fatal error L1080: cannot open list file
   fatal error L1092: cannot open module-definition file
   warning L4051: xxx.lib : cannot find library
   warning L4046: module name different from output file name

CAUSE

One or more options on the LINK command line begin with a dash (-) character instead of the LINK option character, a forward slash (/).

RESOLUTION

Modify the LINK command line to specify linker options with a forward slash.

MORE INFORMATION

The following sample makefile demonstrates this situation.

Sample Code

# NMAKE options required: None

ALL : test.exe

test.obj : test.c test.h

   cl -c -Zi -G2sw -W3 test.c

   link test, -CO -align:16, NUL, , ;