INFO: Specifying .DEF Files on the CL Command Line

• The 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, 16-bit edition, versions 1.0, 1.5
  • Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions, versions 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0

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 : kbCompiler kbVC100 kbVC150 kbVC200 kbVC400 kbVC500 kbVC600
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