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Q29135: Omitting .LIB Extension with BIND Gives U1268 Error

Article: Q29135
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.10 1.30 | 1.10 1.30
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_bind | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 15-JAN-1991

Question:

When I try to bind an application using the BIND utility, I receive
the following error message:

   BIND : fatal error U1268: duplicate infile given

This is my BIND command line:

   bind file.exe c:\c\lib\os2 c:\c\lib\api

What is causing this error?

Response:

This error occurs with BIND if you do not specify the .LIB extension
for the libraries, OS2.LIB and API.LIB. The correct command line is as
follows:

   bind file.exe c:\c\lib\os2.lib c:\c\lib\api.lib

Note that BIND version 1.00 displays the same error, but does not
display an error number.

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