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** Handles setting code offset address
** Handles setting code offset address
** Supports Watcom, Codeview and Dward debugging information
** Supports Watcom, Codeview and Dward debugging information
** Supports flat binary files
*Cons
** Custom segment location
** Can't do flat binary files

[[Category:Linkers]]
[[Category:Linkers]]

Revision as of 23:13, 29 November 2008

WLink is the linker that comes with Watcom C/C++. Supports a wide range of options and is flexible to a degree. The only problem is that Watcom just uses the virtual address entries of the ELF format, which can be specified at link time with the offset=0x???????? directive.

  • Pros
    • Supports range of input formats, OMF/OBJ, Win32/COFF, ELF
    • Supports library files
    • Supports many output file formats from EXE, LE, Win32/PE, Novell NLM files, Pharlap files, QNX, OS2, etc.
    • Handles setting code offset address
    • Supports Watcom, Codeview and Dward debugging information
    • Supports flat binary files
    • Custom segment location