jlfox@cisunx.UUCP (James L Fox) (03/13/89)
Can someone tell me how to lift the 128 character command line length
limit to PC/MS DOS? I hit the limit with Microsoft C and a many filed
program. I hope I don't have to combine groups of files into libraries
to avoid a CL or LINK command exceeding 128 characters!
Thanks,
Jim Fox
p.s. If this is a dumb question for msdos pros,
bore only me at an address below. :-)
jlfox@pittvms.bitnet
jlfox@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu
jlfox@vms.cis.pittsburgh.edu
{decwrl!allegra,bellcore,cadre,psuvax1}!pitt!cisunx!jlfoxpfales@ttrde.UUCP (Peter Fales) (03/14/89)
In article <16660@cisunx.UUCP>, jlfox@cisunx.UUCP (James L Fox) writes: > > Can someone tell me how to lift the 128 character command line length > limit to PC/MS DOS? I hit the limit with Microsoft C and a many filed > program. I hope I don't have to combine groups of files into libraries > to avoid a CL or LINK command exceeding 128 characters! As far as I know the way to work around this is using response files. In other words, your makefile simply contains the command LINK @foo.bar and foo.bar contains the parameters to link and may be as verbose as necessary. An even nicer way is to use NDMAKE (available as shareware from BBS's). It is MUCH nicer than the Microsoft's make (very unix-like) and one of it's great features is the ability to create response files automatically. Your makefile contains something like file.exe: $(OBJ) link $(OBJ) and if "link $(OBJ)" is longer than 128 chars, the appropriate response file is created, link runs, and the response file is deleted. (It was the [accidental, I was too lazy to RTFM] discovery of this feature that caused me to immediately send in my registration dollars.) Disclaimer: I have no connection with the authors of NDMAKE, just a VERY satisfied user. -- Peter Fales AT&T, Room 2F-217 200 Park Plaza UUCP: ...att!ttrde!pfales Naperville, IL 60566 Domain: pfales@ttrde.att.com work: (312) 416-5357
kneller@cgl.ucsf.edu (Don Kneller) (03/16/89)
In article <16660@cisunx.UUCP> jlfox@cisunx.UUCP (James L Fox) writes: > >Can someone tell me how to lift the 128 character command line length >limit to PC/MS DOS? I hit the limit with Microsoft C and a many filed >program. I hope I don't have to combine groups of files into libraries >to avoid a CL or LINK command exceeding 128 characters! For CL, you can use the "CL" environment variable to hold the compiler flags. For LINK, you have to use a response file (i.e. link @file, where file contains the actual link commands). - don ----- Don Kneller UUCP: ...ucbvax!ucsfcgl!kneller INTERNET: kneller@cgl.ucsf.edu BITNET: kneller@ucsfcgl.BITNET