Compiling on the command line in Visual C++

Question

Does anyone know how to use the command line compiler (\'cl\' and \'link\') in Visual C++ to build a project? We are more used to \'make\' and \'gcc\' here, but were recentl

Answer 1

As I tend to always say, anything Microsoft related can be found on MSDN and a quick trip to google.

cl.exe is documented here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235639%28v=vs.100%29.aspx

It's pretty simple just enter the directory of cl.exe and write in the cmd.

cl.exe /? and then it will list all the available flags.