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From: Bruce Clement
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 22:49

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gmartin@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu writes in article <1992Sep25.183532.3793@umr.edu>:
> 
> I have no problems getting
> a small sample (read "Hello, World") program to
> compile.  And I know I have to use LINK386 to
> link it.  The first time I tried to link, I got
> a message saying WINDOWCOMPAT assumed.  How do
> I use link386 to make an OS/2 executable to run
> from the command line?

WINDOWCOMPAT means that the program will run in a 
window under PM as well as in a full screen. 

>  I tried to hunt this down
> in the info/help windows to no avail.  Can anyone
> point me to info on link386?

It's documented in the online helpfiles which come with IBM's
toolkit. From a user viewpoint it's operation is reasonably similar 
to the 16 bit linker from 1.3, so any programming book from those
days would be a good help.

--
Bruce Clement    (frey@alfheim.actrix.gen.nz  SNEWS/2,  UUPC 1.11q)

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