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From: bclark@pro-harvest.cts.com (Brian Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Zaplink Question
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Date: 7 Mar 91 12:36:13 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET

>From: STEIN@UCONNVM.BITNET (Alan Stein)
>Subject: Zaplink Question
>
>I'm trying to put together my own generic shell, sort of like hodgepodge,
>out of small components.  So far, I have about six different source files.
>When I compiled them, and then tried to link the object files, I got a
>"expanding file names made the line too long" message from the Orca Shell.
>
>Is there a limit on the number of files that can be linked?  How do I get
>around this problem without combining source files?  Can object files be
>combined prior to linking?  Can linking be done in stages?

Zaplink is a scriptable linker, therefore you can have a listing of the
files needing to be linked in a file and pass the file to the compile
command... giving you the ability to link any number of files without
having to squash them together either 8-).

Heres an example:  Have a file with language type LINKER (consult the sheet
that came with ZapLink if you don't have this langauge setup or send me
mail if you can not locate the neccessary documentation).  Say you have
source files like  foobar.c  is.c  wierd.c  : have a file with:

foobar
is
wierd

Issue a command like this (or tweaked however you like) where linkfile
is the above file that is of language type LINKER.

cmpl +w linkfile KEEP=a.out

**Note: I will also be posting a multi-file compilational aid utility
(basically a make) to comp.binaries.apple2 within the week as soon as
I get it all packaged together, its an assortment of utils and scripts.
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