Syntax

LINK386 [options] objfiles [,exefile, mapfile, libraries, deffile]

OR

LINK386 @responsefile

SYNTAX DEFINITIONS

The LINK386 command line includes the following fields:

<options>

Options modifying actions of LINK386. Options can appear anywhere on the command line except immediately after the commas used to separate fields. See Options and Using LINK386 Options.

Object files to be linked. Separate multiple file names by plus (+) or space characters. At least one name must be entered. Library files can also be entered. See Entering Library Files as Object Files.

Output of file. LINK386 produces either an executable file, a dynamic-link library, or a device driver.

Map file created that lists modules in <exefile>. Use the /M option to include public symbols in this file. Enter NUL if you do not want a map file. See List Public Symbols (/M).

Standard or import (not dynamic-link) libraries to be used in resolving external references. Separate multiple file names by plus (+) or space characters. Some libraries are searched by default. You can also specify a path to a directory -- LINK386 will search for libraries in a path specified on the <libraries> line before searching directories given by the LIB environment variable. See Linking with an Import Library, Default Libraries and Specifying Library Directories.

Module definition file.

SYNTAX EXAMPLES

The following command links the object files FUN.OBJ, TEXT.OBJ, TABLE.OBJ, and CARE.OBJ. LINK386 searches for unresolved external references in the library file XLIB.LIB and in the default libraries. By default, the executable file is named FUN.EXE. LINK386 also produces a map file, FUNLIST.MAP.

  LINK386 FUN+TEXT+TABLE+CARE, ,FUNLIST, XLIB.LIB;

The following command produces a map file named FUN.MAP because a comma appears as a placeholder for <mapfile>.

  LINK386 FUN,,;

The next pair of command lines do not produce a map file because commas do not appear as placeholders for <mapfile>.

LINK386 FUN,;
LINK386 FUN;

The following command links the files MAIN.OBJ, GETDATA.OBJ, and PRINTIT.OBJ into an executable file named MAIN.EXE. A map file named MAIN.MAP is also produced.

  LINK386 MAIN+GETDATA+PRINTIT, , MAIN;

The following command links GETDATA.OBJ and PRINTIT.OBJ into an OS/2 dynamic-link library. MODDEF.DEF must contain a LIBRARY statement to produce the dynamic-link library.

LINK386 GETDATA+PRINTIT,GETDATA.DLL, , MODDEF