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Q38270: Error C1037 Cannot Open Object File ‘filename’

Article: Q38270
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 5.00 5.10 | 5.10
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | s_quickc s_error | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 30-NOV-1988

The following error is from "Fatal-Error Messages" in the "Microsoft C
Optimizing Compiler User's Guide," Section E.3.1, Page 248, and in the
"Microsoft QuickC Compiler Programmer's Guide," Section D.1.1, Page
317:

C1037       cannot open object file 'filename'

            One of the conditions listed under error message C1032
            prevents the given file from being opened.

The compiler cannot recover from a fatal error; it terminates after
printing the error message.

The following is the information listed under error message C1032:

   One of the following statements about the file name or path name
   given (filename) is true:

   1.  The given name is not valid.

   2.  The file with the given name cannot be opened for lack of
       space.

   3.  A read-only file with the given name already exists.

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