INFO: Specify Compiler Options Before Source Filename (23739)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft C for MS-DOS
- Microsoft C for OS/2
- Microsoft C/C++ for MS-DOS
- Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition 1.0
- Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, 16-bit edition 1.5
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions 1.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions 2.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions 4.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions 5.0
- Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Editions 6.0
This article was previously published under Q23739 SUMMARY
To compile a file with any of the Microsoft language compilers listed
above, list any appropriate compiler option switches on the command line
before the names of the source files to which the options apply.
MORE INFORMATION
When you are using a Microsoft 16-bit C/C++ compiler, if you specify an
option at the end of the command line, after the names of all the files,
the compiler does not generate any warnings or errors -- it simply ignores
the option because no source file follows for the option to apply to. In a
few cases, a trailing option causes an error because the option conflicts
with a previously specified option.
Microsoft 32-bit C/C++ compiler supports placing option switches after the
names of source files. If a compiler command line specifies more than one
source code file, specified options apply to all files regardless of the
position of the option switch relative to the source filename. However, if
the -link switch is to be used, it must occur after all source filenames
and compiler switches.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/5/2005 |
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| Keywords: | kbCompiler kbinfo KB23739 |
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