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LIB Input Files

 

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The input files expected by LIB depend on the mode in which it is being used, as shown in the following table.

Mode Input
Default (building or modifying a library) COFF object (.obj) files, COFF libraries (.lib), 32-bit Object Model Format (OMF) object (.obj) files
Extracting a member with /EXTRACT COFF library (.lib)
Building an export file and import library with /DEF Module-definition (.def) file, COFF object (.obj) files, COFF libraries (.lib), 32-bit OMF object (.obj) files

Note

OMF libraries created by the 16-bit version of LIB cannot be used as input to the 32-bit version of LIB.

See Also

Overview of LIB