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

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

test.exe : test.obj test.def
   link test, -CO -align:16, NUL, , ; 

Additional query words: 5.01.20 5.01.21 5.02 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.11 5.13 5.15 5.20 5.30 5.31.009 5.50 5.60

Keywords : kb16bitonly
Version : MS-DOS:5.0x,5.1x,5.2x,5.3x,5.5,5.6; OS/2:5.0x,5.1,5.11,5.13,5.15
Platform : MS-DOS OS/2
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