INFO: Specifying .DEF Files on the CL Command Line

 Last reviewed: August 26, 1997
Article ID: Q32448
The information in this article applies to:
  • The Microsoft C/C++ Compiler (CL.EXE) included with: - Microsoft C for MS-DOS, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0ax - Microsoft C for OS/2, versions 6.0, 6.0a - Microsoft C/C++ for MS-DOS, version 7.0 - Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0, 1.5 - Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Edition, versions 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 5.0

SUMMARY

The Microsoft C and C/C++ compiler command lines can include files with the .DEF, .LIB, and .OBJ filename extensions.

If you specify one or more of these files on the command line, the CL driver passes them appropriately as arguments to LINK.EXE. If the name of a file does not have an extension, CL treats it as a .OBJ file and appropriately passes it to the linker.

The following command line builds an application called MYAPP.EXE by compiling MYAPP.C into MYAPP.OBJ, then linking MYAPP.OBJ and MYSUB.OBJ with the MYLIB.LIB library and the MYDEF.DEF module definition file: 

   cl myapp.c mysub mylib.lib mydef.def

Additional query words: 8.00 8.00c 9.00
Keywords : CLIss
Version : MS-DOS:6.0,6.00a,6.00ax,7.0; OS/2:6.0,6.00a; WINDOWS:1.0,1.5; WINDOWS NT:1.0,2.0,4.0,5.0
Platform : MS-DOS NT OS/2 WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: August 26, 1997
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