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Q45540: Bad Library Environment Field Can Cause L1002

Article: Q45540
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 26-JUN-1989

Entering an invalid path in the "library" field of the
Options.Environment selection in QuickC Version 2.00 can cause the
error L1002 to be issued by the linker. For example, if the field is
set to "D:/LIB" rather than "D:\LIB", the linker fails with the
following message:

   LINK : fatal error L1002: LIB\ : unrecognized option name

In such a situation, LINK is passed the contents of the "library"
field with a backslash (\) and library name appended to it. The
forward slash (/) is read by LINK as the beginning of an option that
it doesn't understand.

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