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Q66699: Linker Does Not Search Specified Drive for Libraries |
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Article: Q66699
Version(s): 5.01.21 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.11 | 5.01.21 5.03 5.05 5.10 5.1
Operating System: MS-DOS | OS/2
Flags: ENDUSER | buglist5.01.21 buglist5.03 buglist5.05 buglist5.10 buglist5.
Last Modified: 12-NOV-1990
A library name can be embedded into an .OBJ module for the linker to
search to resolve external references. This library name can either be
the library name itself or the full path to the library. In the case
of the full path to the library, the linker cannot handle a drive
specifier.
For example, with Microsoft C, the #pragma comment command is used to
specify the library. If the following line is used
#pragma comment (lib, "c:\C600\LIB\graphics.lib")
the compiler will add a COMENT record to the .OBJ instructing the
linker to search the C600\LIB subdirectory on drive C for the
GRAPHICS.LIB library.
The problem is that the linker will not search drive C but will
instead search the default drive. When the library and/or path is not
found, it will prompt for the path to the library. This is an error.
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Segmented Linker
versions 5.01.21, 5.03, 5.05, 5.10, and 5.11. We are researching this
problem and will post new information here as it becomes available.