Article ID: 100084
Article Last Modified on 10/2/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft FORTRAN PowerStation 1.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Fortran PowerStation 1.0a for MS-DOS
This article was previously published under Q100084
SUMMARY
The text below presents the LINK32 librarian, its command line options, and how to use the utility.
This information differs somewhat for the FORTRAN PowerStation 32 for Windows NT linker, LINK. Please see the documentation for that product for more details.
MORE INFORMATION
LINK32.EXE performs several functions, specified by one of the following command-line options:
-LINK Create an executable file (linking)
-LIB Create or modify a library (librarian)
-DUMP Display information about a library
The LINK32 librarian is a fairly simple tool that adds, removes, and extracts COFF object files from libraries.
The LINK32 -LIB options are as follows:
-DEBUGTYPE:{COFF|CV|BOTH} Do not use
-DEF:[filename] Create an import library
-EXTRACT:membername Extract an object file from a library
-LIST List object files in a library
-MACHINE:i386 Required with the -DEF option,
not used otherwise
-OUT:filename Specifies library name
-REMOVE:membername Remove object module from library
-SUBSYSTEM Do not use
-VERBOSE Do not use
The following examples demonstrate using these options to perform common library management tasks.
Example #1
To build the library TEST.LIB that contains the modules A.OBJ and B.OBJ, use the following command line:
LINK32 -LIB -OUT:TEST.LIB A.OBJ B.OBJ
Example #2
To modify the existing library TEST.LIB to add the modules A.OBJ and B.OBJ, use the following command line:
LINK32 -LIB TEST.LIB A.OBJ B.OBJ
Example #3
To create a file that lists the object modules in a library, use the following command line:
LINK32 -LIB -LIST TEST.LIB >TEST.LST
This command line generates a listing that contains the names of the object files in the library; the listing does not list the routines in each object file. To retrieve this information, use the -DUMP option.
Example #4
To update a library with a new version of an object module, use the following command lines:
LINK32 -LIB TEST.LIB -REMOVE:A.OBJ
LINK32 -LIB TEST.LIB A.OBJ
No single command can do this. Avoid the following commands:
LINK32 -LIB TEST.LIB A.OBJ !if A.OBJ is in TEST.LIB
LINK32 -LIB TEST.LIB A.OBJ -OUT:TEST.LIB
LINK32 -LIB TEST.LIB -REMOVE:A.OBJ A.OBJ
NOTE: Modules cannot be added to a library which has had all of the modules removed.
NOTE: The object module specified by -REMOVE:obj_name must have the same case as shown by:
LINK32 -LIB -LIST
In other words, -REMOVE is case sensitive.
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