From: "Mike Collins" <Mike AT NO_SPAM DOT e-col DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: Problem with Automatic linking with RHIDE
Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2000 19:26:15 -0000
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
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>
> On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Mike Collins wrote:
>
> > I am writing a program that has a lot of C files. When I compile,
everything
> > compiles OK, but it can't all link because the list of C files is too
long
> > for the linker input line. I could no doubt merge some of these files
into
> > one so that the number of files would be fewer, but is there a way of
> > increasing the length of the linker input line?
>
> Either (1) use a Makefile, in which case Make will use the DJGPP-specific
> method of passing long command lines to the linker; or (2) write your
> command to a file and use it as a response file (see sections 16.4 and
> 16.5 of the DJGPP FAQ list for more details).

Thanks a milion, Eli,

Mike.