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Subj : Re: Linker error with tlink 7.1.30.1( bc5.01 ) with long filenames
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp,borland.public.cppbuilder.commandlinetools
From : "Ed Mulroy [TeamB]" <dont_email_me@bitbuc.ket>
Date : Thu Mar 25 2004 04:48 pm

There is no "problem with long filenames".  You are using DOS tools.
They use the DOS file system.  There are no such things as long
filenames.  The file names must be legal DOS file names, up to 8 base
characters and zero through 3 character extensions.

The command line

  > TLink @.\make00000.rsp

Has 9 characters, not 8.  A normal command line such as is generated
by the compiler uses 8 characters, not 9.  If that line was generated
by a 3rd party tool such as Clear

Case then your choices seem to be limited to one of these:

- use ClearCase' DOS product

- have ClearCase fix their DOS product

- write a trivial Win32 program which accepts a command line and
  alters file names to the 'short name' as used by DOS, name that
  program tlink.exe, place it earlier in the system path and have it
  call the real tlink.exe with the same command line but using the
  short names. (make sure all directories involved have DOS names)

Were it me, I'd invest the 20 minutes needed to implement the third
option.

..  Ed

> Christian Habelmann wrote in message
> news:c3vhr9$cea$04$2@news.t-online.com...
>
> following error occured while maintaining an old program
> written with bc5.01.
>
> TLink @.\make00000.rsp
> Fatal Unable to open File '.\make00000.rsp'
>
> I'm working under w2k with clear case.
>
> I investigated that the turbo linker has problems with long
filenames.
> Unfortunatly this temporary files are created by clearmake (omake)
> forced by these old cp/m style parameter transfer via temporaly
files.
>
> I can not (even not find) control clear case to use a shorter name
> for these file created by the makefiles ( same as (borland)make is
doing
> but using <target names>.r$p).
>
> -Is there any version of these old fashioned linker that can handle
> these files?
> -Does anybody know have to manage omake to use different names?
> -Or does anybody know hav to abuse the linker ilink32 to link
> old fashioned 16 bit applikations ( these are for a special
processor
> board-cross platform dev.)?
>
> Any hint is appreciated

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