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Brightshine
Brightshine

Reputation: 965

Compile with long argument list (exceed 128 character) in MS-DOS

I am maintaining hardware monitor program, which will be executed in 16-bit MS-DOS. I use dosbox with TurboC(tcc.exe) as build environment

While the dos command line can't accept command exceed 128 characters (Ref) , but I have a long argument list like this:

tcc.exe -ID:\tc\include -LD:\tc\lib -o MyProgram.exe MyProgram.cpp A.obj B.obj C.obj .........

So I can't build the code successfully. Anyone has idea to overcome this situation? Thanks.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 364

Answers (2)

Thomas Matthews
Thomas Matthews

Reputation: 57739

Check your compiler documentation. Many compilers allow parameters to be placed into a text file and the name of the text file given as a command line parameter.

For example, if "compiler_options.txt" hold commands than the following may be how to pass the file:

tcc.exe @compiler_options.txt

Read the documentation to find out if the capability is supported and the correct command line syntax.

Upvotes: 4

CamW
CamW

Reputation: 3363

Have you tried setting the value to it's maximum in the CONFIG.SYS file: shell=c:\windows\command.com /u:250 /p

Upvotes: 0

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