Article ID: 49871
Article Last Modified on 7/5/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft C Professional Development System 6.0a
- Microsoft C Professional Development System 6.0a
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 1.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 5
This article was previously published under Q49871
SYMPTOMS
When specifying linker options from the CL command line, the word "link" must be in all lowercase letters. If the word "link" is not all lowercase, the error that occurs is either:
-or-
NOTE: xxxx is the four letters keyed in after the "/" (forward slash) or the "-" (hyphen).
RESOLUTION
Retype the command line, ensuring "link" is typed in all lowercase letters.
MORE INFORMATION
For example, issuing the following command from the MS-DOS, OS/2, or Windows NT command prompt
cl myfile.c /Link mylib.lib
produces the following error:
Additional query words: 8.00 8.00c 9.00 \* Swept by: v-aarod, 9/4/95 kbsweptvc50 rodneyr 7/24/97
Keywords: kbprb kbcompiler KB49871