Subj : Problems using Turbo Link 16 Bit from the Windows 2000 console.
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Peter Wlodarczyk
Date : Thu Jan 06 2005 04:36 pm



I am using Turbo Link  Version 7.1.32.2 (Came with Borland C++ 5.01) to compile 16 bit applications for DOS from the Windows 2000 sp4 command console. 

If I type the command tlink it executes, I can event get it link executables that work, but it causes a strange effect on the windows console.

Here is a session using the windows command console:

Microsoft Windows 2000 [Version 5.00.2195]
(C) Copyright 1985-2000 Microsoft Corp.

c:\>cd temp

C:\temp>c:\bc5\bin\tlink.exe
Turbo Link  Version 7.1.32.2. Copyright (c) 1987, 1996 Borland International
Syntax: TLINK objfiles, exefile, mapfile, libfiles, deffile, resfiles

C:\TEMP>

As you can see, I get a prompt with the directory name now capitalised. The command history also doesn't work any more and typing characters is slow.

This in itself wouldn't bother me, but if I use it from within a makefile, the make stops execution. This is ok if the link is the last step, as the executable still gets created but I can't have build multiple executables in one step.

Any ideas?

Thanks

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