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 The CXXLINK facility is layered on top of the OpenVMS Linker utility.
 The CXXLINK command accepts the same parameters and qualifiers as the
 OpenVMS Linker utility. Refer to the online help for the OpenVMS
 Linker utility, HELP LINK, for more information.

Qualifiers                              

 Refer to the online help for the OpenVMS Linker utility, HELP LINK, for
 information. Additionally, the following qualifiers are accepted by the
 CXXLINK command:

  o  /[NO]LOG_FILE [=filename]

  o  /PRELINK=(option[,option2])

  o  /REPOSITORY=(writeable-repository[,readonly-repository,...])

  o  /VERSION

Obsolete_Qualifiers                              

  The following qualifers should no longer be used. Instead, use the 
  corresponding /PRELINK=option qualifier.

Additional Information on:

/LOG_FILE[=filename]
 /NOLOG_FILE (D)

 This qualifier is obsolete and may be removed in a future release
 to support new OpenVMS Link Untilty qualifiers.  Please use 
 /PRELINK=DEMANGLE instead.

/PRELINK=(option[,option2])

 Specifies one or more prelink options. If multiple options are
 specified, they must be enclosed in parentheses and separated by 
 commas.  You can specify the following options:

 USE_OBJECT_FILES

 Tells CXXLINK not to use any CXX$LINK.OLB object libraries found
 in a repository directory.  Instead, CXXLINK looks for the 
 specific object files and adds them to the linker options file.

 Use of this qualifier also prevents CXXLINK from creating and
 populating a CXX$LINK.OLB object library in the repository
 directory.

 The qualifier is disabled by default and should be used only
 if CXXLINK fails to link an application correctly.

 TEMPLATE_PRELINK (D)
 NOTEMPLATE_PRELINK 

 Controls whether CXXLINK bypasses the template instantiation process. By
 default, CXXLINK performs at least one partial link to determine whether
 there are any unresolved template symbols that need to be instantiated.
 If you know that your program does not use templates, then you can
 specify /PRELINK=NOTEMPLATE_PRELINK to bypass this partial link and 
 proceed directly to the final link.

 This qualifier has the same effect as specifying /TEMPLATE_PRELINK or 
 /NOTEMPLATE_PRELINK.

 Because in the future, the OpenVMS Linker Utility might require that 
 /TEMPLATE_PRELINK be removed, it is recommended that users
 modify their use of CXXLINK to use this new form of the qualifier.

 DEMANGLE_NAMES (D)
 NODEMANGLE_NAMES

 Controls whether CXXLINK displays unresolved C++ symbols in their 
 mangled or demangled form.  By default, CXXLINK displays symbols in 
 their demangled form.

 This qualifier has the same effect as specifying /EXPAND or /NOEXPAND.

 Because in the future, the OpenVMS Linker Utility might require 
 that /EXPAND be removed, it is recommended that users modify their 
 use of CXXLINK to use this new form of the qualifier.

 ADD_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES (D)
 NOADD_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES

 Controls whether, in initial link fails, CXXLINK adds to the linker 
 options file the names of any object libraries specified on the command 
 line using the /INCLUDE= syntax.

 CXXLINK also checks for any /INCLUDE= library when SYS$INPUT:/OPT
 is used.

 CXXLINK does not parse any other linker options file for /INCLUDE=
 syntax.

 Because of the order of dependencies between template instantions and
 object files, the OpenVMS Linker Utility sometimes fails to extract 
 all the required modules from an object library that was specified using 
 /INCLUDE=.  To work around the problem CXXLINK provides that library as 
 input to the linker in its linker options file without the /INCLUDE= 
 syntax, thereby allowing the linker to scan that object library one more 
 time for missing symbols.

 This qualifier should be used only if a CXXLINK user requires more
 control over which object files are included from a given object
 library.

/REPOSITORY=(writeable-repository[,readonly-repository,...])

 Name the repository directories. The first item in the list is
 considered the writeable repository, and the remaining items (if any)
 are considered repositories that are read only.

 If you do not specify the /REPOSITORY qualifier, CXXLINK uses the
 default respository, SYS$DISK:[.CXX_REPOSITORY].

/VERSION

 Direct CXXLINK to display its version identification and then exit. 

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