Although the following can be used from the command line, they are especially useful in makefiles.

• Change .o to .obj in makefiles.

• Some of the options that were preceded by a "-" now use "/". As an option to fpp, for example,

  UNIX: -DXXX would now be

  Windows 2000: /DXXX

• Use the existing LIB in a makefile as a base to which other libraries are appended. LIB is set as a library path by Windows 2000. Incorrect use can remove the existing LIB path. Safer to use LIBS, which is not assigned by the system.

• To create a named executable,

  UNIX: -o executable_name becomes

  Windows 2000: /link /out:executable_name

  where /link indicates that what follows is passed to the linker. You must add the .exe extension explicitly when specifying a name for the executable.

Note: Additional information about porting and managing large projects may be found here.