Q62375: Fatal /nologo and /e Switch Interaction

Article: Q62375
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 1.20   | 1.20
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | buglist1.20 | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 22-JUN-1990

Using the /nologo switch in conjunction with /e switch can cause ILINK
version 1.20 to fail. The problem will occur when an incremental link
cannot be performed and the command specified by the /e switch is
performed instead. If the /e switch is preceded anywhere on the
command line by /nologo, then the link will fail.

For example, the following command line

    ILINK /nologo /e "link hello;" hello.exe

where hello.obj exists but hello.exe doesn't, will produce the
following messages:

   Microsoft (R) Segmented-Executable Linker  Version 5.10
   Copyright (C) Microsoft Corp 1984-1990.  All rights reserved.

   LINK : fatal error L1089:  : cannot open response file
   ILINK : warning L4252: file '/e.exe' does not exist
   ILINK : performing full link
   ILINK : fatal error L1233: 'link' returned 2

Placing the /nologo switch after the /e switch on the command line
will alleviate the problem.

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem with LINK version 1.20.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here as
it becomes available.

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