How to fix " cl : Command line error D8003 : missing source filename" ?

Question

the output:

my project structure,

main.cpp's header is ,

#include <glad/include/glad/glad.h>

#include <glfw/include/GLFW/glfw3.h>

build.bat
https://pastebin.com/TqUTtKyP

what am i doing wrong ?
is it the slashes that interrupts the process ?

Answer 1

Try to put the linker options only after “/link”. For example:

 %COMPILER% /EHsc /O2 /std:c++17 ^
     /I"%INCLUDE_PATH%" ^
     "%SRC_DIR%\main.cpp" ^
     "%SRC_DIR%\glad.c" ^
     glfw3.lib gdi32.lib ^
     /link ^
     /LIBPATH:"%LIBRARY_PATH%" ^
     /out:"%BUILD_DIR%\test.exe"

Check the documentation about the order of options.

Answer 2

Hi,

LINK does not accept cpp, .c as parameters. Files should be placed after cl.

Also check the example: The /link option and its linker options must appear after any file names and CL options.

cl /W4 /EHsc hello.cpp there.obj /link /VERSION:3.14

LINK uses the following types of input files:

1. .obj files
2. .netmodule files
3. .lib files
4. .exp files
5. .def files
6. .pdb files
7. .res files
8. .exe files
9. .txt files
10. .ilk files

Best regards,

Minxin Yu

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