Re: C Compiler Problem

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:55:04 GMT, spam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Citizen Bob) wrote:

>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

I have 7 versions of that C compiler, and they all have CL.EXE.  Might
help if you mention the version number.
>
>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?
It probably uses the system 'give me a temp name' routine.
INT 21 - DOS 3.0+ - CREATE TEM****ARY FILE

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

Might try cleaning out the "c:\temp" & "c:\windows\temp" directories
and see what happens.

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