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─────LINK Environment Variable──────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     You can use the LINK environment variable to set options that will
     be in effect each time you link. LINK checks the LINK environment
     variable for options if the variable exists. (Microsoft compilers
     such as CL, FL, and ML also use the LINK environment variable.)
     See: ◄LINK Options List►
 
     Set the LINK environment variable using the following operating-
     system command:
 
          SET LINK=options
 
     LINK expects to find <options> listed in the variable exactly as
     you would type them in fields on the command line, in response to
     a prompt, or in a response file. It does not accept input for
     other fields; filenames in the LINK variable cause an error.
 
     Each time you link, you can specify other options in addition to
     the ones specified in the LINK environment variable. If an option
     appears both in an input field and in the LINK variable, the
     effect is the same as if the option were given once.
 
     If conflicting options appear, the input-field option overrides
     the effect of any conflicting environment-variable option. For
     example, the command-line option /SEG:512 cancels the effect of
     the environment-variable option /SEG:256.
 
     The only way to prevent an option in the environment variable from
     being used is to reset the environment variable itself. To clear
     the LINK variable, use the operating-system command
 
          SET LINK=
 
     To see the current setting of the LINK variable, type SET at the
     operating-system prompt.
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