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From: sam@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Sam Baxter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Turbo C libraries
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Date: Mon, 24-Aug-87 09:15:12 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 24 09:15:12 1987
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in article <351@philmds.UUCP>, corne@philmds.UUCP (corne) says:
> 
> I'm using the TURBO C compiler on mine AT, but my hardware was supplied 
> with microsoft C libraries (no source code).
> 
> Does any one know how I can link the libraries (microsoft format) with
> my TURBO C files.
> 

Perhaps this will help...

I came across a shareware product on CompuServ's Borland SIG called "TCLIB"
Here's the intro paragraph from the documentation:

       The TCLIB librarian is an object code library manager for use
       with Turbo C librarys used with TLINK.  The libraries created and
       managed by this program are NOT Microsoft .LIB compatible but are
       compatible with those produced by QLIB, the quick and dirty
       library CREATE ONLY utility written by Roger Schlafy for Borland.
       It can however, read and convert Microsoft format library files,
       such as those supplied with Turbo C. The TCLIB libraries have the
       advantage of being much smaller (an average of 10K on a 70-80k
       Microsoft format lib).  The TCLIB program is also much faster
       than LIB from Microsoft.  It can extract, delete, and append
       files using an all command line approach or a command line and
       response file approach (for long lists of commands).  It can also
       provide a list of object modules in a library.

Also, the Borland documentation notes that Microsoft's .LIB files contain
"undocumented codes," which is why TLINK does not (yet) fully support them.
It notes that .OBJ files from TurboC can be linked with the standard
Microsoft LINK program.  However, having tried this myself, be assured it 
requires a special state of mind.

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