Q31158: LINK Error L1002 "Unrecognized Option Name"; SET LIB=C:\LIB

Article: Q31158
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 3.00 4.00 4.00b 4.50
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | B_BasicCom | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 27-DEC-1989

An error will occur if the LIB environment variable is improperly set
using a forward slash (/) instead of a backslash (\) in the SET line
in DOS.

The following line is incorrect:

SET LIB=C:/LIB

The following line is correct:

SET LIB=C:\LIB

QuickBASIC Version 3.00 generates the LINK "unrecognized switch"
error message when this problem occurs.

QuickBASIC Versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50, the BASIC compiler Versions
6.00 and 6.00b for MS-DOS and OS/2, and Microsoft BASIC PDS Version
7.00 for MS-DOS and MS OS/2 generate the LINK error message L1002
"Unrecognized option name" when this problem occurs.

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