[comp.sys.amiga.programmer] BLINK: The Gawds must be CRAZY!

manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) (03/09/91)

Greetings,

I once again seek net-knowledge.  I used to be a MANX C user.  I purchased
the SAS/C package from SAS Institute.  I have a problem.  I can certainly
work this compiler and linker from the Workbench with ease, but darn if
I can figure out how to use blink from the command line.

I would like to know how to link a simple 'hello world' type of program.
I really feel stupid, as I _never_ had this kind of difficulty understanding
MANX's linker.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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Lee_Robert_Willis@cup.portal.com (03/15/91)

The easiest way to use the linker is to let the compiler create a linker
file for you.  If you type "lc -L hello.c", after compilation the lc command
will create link the file.  In addition to linking, it creates a new file
called "hello.lnk" which is the BLINK linker command.  If you want to
link "hello.c" again, type "BLINK with hello.lnk"

I usually use this method to initially set up the linker, then I just edit
the ".lnk" file to add more files as I make them.

Hope this helps.
Lee