C Compiler Problem

I am using an old version of the Microsoft Optimizing C Compiler,
cl.exe. The command line I use  to compile source code is cl /nologo
/Oxz /Gs /W4 c.c

That is supposed to compile the source code and link the object code
to create an executable. 

However I get the following error:

¦Command-line error D2018

¦cannot create linker response file
¦
¦The compiler could not create a response file for passing 
¦arguments to the linker.
¦
¦This error can occur when an existing read-only file has the
¦ same name as the filename the compiler gives to the response 
¦ file.

To work around this problem, I use the following command 
link c.obj.

What filename does the compiler give the response file?

What is causing this problem and how to I fix it?


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