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Building a C/C++ Program
C/C++ Building Reference
Compiling a C/C++ Program
Compiler Options
Compiler Options Listed Alphabetically
@ (Specify a Compiler Response File)
/AI (Specify Metadata Directories)
/analyze (Enterprise Code Analysis)
/arch (Minimum CPU Architecture)
/bigobj (Increase Number of Sections in .obj file)
/C (Preserve Comments During Preprocessing)
/c (Compile Without Linking)
/clr (Common Language Runtime Compilation)
/D (Preprocessor Definitions)
/doc (Process Documentation Comments)
/E (Preprocess to stdout)
/EH (Exception Handling Model)
/EP (Preprocess to stdout Without #line Directives)
/errorReport (Report Internal Compiler Errors)
/F (Set Stack Size)
Output-File (/F) Options
/favor (Optimize for 64)
/FC (Full Path of Source Code File in Diagnostics)
/fp (Specify Floating-Point Behavior)
/G (Optimize for Processor) Options
/GA (Optimize for Windows Application)
/Gd, /Gr, /Gz (Calling Convention)
/Ge (Enable Stack Probes)
/GF (Eliminate Duplicate Strings)
/GH (Enable _pexit Hook Function)
/Gh (Enable _penter Hook Function)
/GL (Whole Program Optimization)
/Gm (Enable Minimal Rebuild)
/GR (Enable Run-Time Type Information)
/GS (Buffer Security Check)
/Gs (Control Stack Checking Calls)
/GT (Support Fiber-Safe Thread-Local Storage)
/GX (Enable Exception Handling)
/Gy (Enable Function-Level Linking)
/GZ (Enable Stack Frame Run-Time Error Checking)
/H (Restrict Length of External Names)
/HELP (Compiler Command-Line Help)
/homeparams (Copy Register Parameters to Stack)
/hotpatch (Create Hotpatchable Image)
/I (Additional Include Directories)
/J (Default char Type Is unsigned)
/link (Pass Options to Linker)
/LN (Create MSIL Module)
/MD, /MT, /LD (Use Run-Time Library)
/nologo (Suppress Startup Banner)
/O Options (Optimize Code)
/openmp (Enable OpenMP 2.0 Support)
/P (Preprocess to a File)
/Q Options (Low-Level Operations)
/RTC (Run-Time Error Checks)
/showIncludes (List Include Files)
/Tc, /Tp, /TC, /TP (Specify Source File Type)
/U, /u (Undefine Symbols)
/V (Version Number)
/vd (Disable Construction Displacements)
/vmb, /vmg (Representation Method)
/vmm, /vms, /vmv (General Purpose Representation)
/w, /Wn, /WX, /Wall, /wln, /wdn, /wen, /won (Warning Level)
/WL (Enable One-Line Diagnostics)
/Wp64 (Detect 64-Bit Portability Issues)
/X (Ignore Standard Include Paths)
/Y (Precompiled Headers)
/Z7, /Zi, /ZI (Debug Information Format)
/Za, /Ze (Disable Language Extensions)
/Zc (Conformance)
/Zg (Generate Function Prototypes)
/Zl (Omit Default Library Name)
/Zm (Specify Precompiled Header Memory Allocation Limit)
/Zp (Struct Member Alignment)
/Zs (Syntax Check Only)
/Zx (Debug Optimized Itanium Code)
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/c (Compile Without Linking)

Visual Studio 2005

Prevents the automatic call to LINK.

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/c

Compiling with /c creates .obj files only. You must call LINK explicitly with the proper files and options to perform the linking phase of the build.

Any internal project created in the development environment uses the /c option by default.

To set this compiler option in the Visual Studio development environment

  • This option is not available from within the development environment.

To set this compiler option programmatically

  • To set this compiler option programmatically, see CompileOnly.

The following command line creates the object files FIRST.obj and SECOND.obj. THIRD.obj is ignored.

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CL /c FIRST.C SECOND.C THIRD.OBJ

To create an executable file, you must invoke LINK:

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LINK firsti.obj second.obj third.obj /OUT:filename.exe
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