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Dear experts!
I'm trying to create a simple batch-file, that generates a library:
SET lib_debug=debug_lib.lib IF NOT EXIST %lib_debug% GOTO create_lib DEL %lib_debug% :create_lib lib51 create %lib_debug% FOR %%i IN (..\obj_dbg\*.obj) DO ( lib51 add %%i to %lib_debug%)
So the lib is going to be created (fine so far). But the lib is almost empty (<1KB). I've about 120 object-files with a total size of 8,8MB. Why the obj want not to be added? Do I have to take notice on the order of adding obj-files to the lib?
Thanks in advance!
Kind regards, Oliver
Doesn't lib51 support ..\obj_dbg\*.obj as parameter after the add command? If supported, that would be way faster than having to modify the same lib multiple times.
Thanks for the fast reply!
Unfortunately lib51 doesn't support the quicker-way. It needs the specific file-name.
Why the obj want not to be added? Do I have to take notice on the order of adding obj-files to the lib?
At the size of project you've mentioned, I suspect you overlooked that for extended-format, large-model object files, you need the extended version of lib51, too:
libx51 add %%i to %debug_lib%
That's it, Hans-Bernhard!!
I should read the manual more carefully, because I'm dealing all the time with omf2-files only...
Thanks a lot,
Oliver
I should read the manual more carefully
Ache, Oliver, Jack Sprat would jump on you and kiss you on the forehead if he could!!!
I should read the manual more carefully,
Well, in your defence some of the blame lies at the feet of the LIBx51 tools, for producing no diagnostic output whatsoever.
Don't get me wrong: I'm completely in favor of tools producing no screen output at all if things went fine. I like a nice, blank window as the "all OK" indication --- it makes eventual error message stand out all the better. But since LIBx51 isn't completely quiet anyway (the banner always appears), it might as well report success while at it.
But that set aside, if a tool decides to refuse the job given to it (like LIB51 does if you give it OMF2 files to add), it absolutely has to report that problem. Silent failure like that is an inexcusable omission.
Absolutely!