FIX: LINK Error L1098 From DEF File INCLUDE Statement |
Q92606
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft LINK for MS-DOS, version 5.31.009
SYMPTOMS
When the Microsoft Linker (LINK) version 5.31.009 is used to link a an application using information from a module definition (DEF) file and the DEF file contains an INCLUDE directive of the following form
INCLUDE basename.ext
LINK generates the following error message:
fatal error L1098: cannot open include file 'basename'
- No such file or directory
even though the file BASENAME.EXT exists.
CAUSE
LINK version 5.31.009, requires single quotation marks (') to delimit a file name that includes an extension. This requirement is not present in previous versions of LINK.
RESOLUTION
Place single quotation marks around the file name in the INCLUDE directive. For example, the following directive in a DEF file includes the BASENAME.EXT file:
INCLUDE 'basename.ext'
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in LINK version 5.31.009. This problem was corrected in LINK version 5.5, distributed with Microsoft Visual C++ version 1.0 for Windows.
Additional query words: 7.00 7.00a 5.30 5.3x
Keywords : kb16bitonly
Issue type :
Technology : kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword3 kbLINKSearch kbLINK53109DOS
Last Reviewed: October 29, 1999 |
