C.10 Command line handling errors

This section lists errors that occur when the compiler is processing the command line or handling the conguration les.

Warning: Only one source le supported
You can specify only one source le on the command line. The rst one will be compiled, others will be ignored. This may indicate that you forgot a '-' sign.
Warning: DEF le can be created only for OS/2
This option can only be specied when you're compiling for OS/2.
Error: nested response les are not supported
You can not nest response les with the @file command line option.
Fatal: No source le name in command line
The compiler expects a source le name on the command line.
Note: No option inside arg1 cong le
The compiler didn't nd any option in that cong le.
Error: Illegal parameter: arg1
You specied an unknown option.
Hint: -? writes help pages
When an unknown option is given, this message is diplayed.
Fatal: Too many cong les nested
You can only nest up to 16 cong les.
Fatal: Unable to open le arg1
The option le cannot be found.
Reading further options from arg1
Displayed when you have notes turned on, and the compiler switches to another options le.
Warning: Target is already set to: arg1
Displayed if more than one -T option is specied.
Warning: Shared libs not supported on DOS platform, reverting to static
If you specify -CD for the dos platform, this message is displayed. The compiler supports only static libraries under dos.
Fatal: too many IF(N)DEFs
The #IF(N)DEF statements in the options le are not balanced with the #ENDIF statements.
Fatal: too many ENDIFs
The #IF(N)DEF statements in the options le are not balanced with the #ENDIF statements.
Fatal: open conditional at the end of the le
The #IF(N)DEF statements in the options le are not balanced with the #ENDIF statements.
Warning: Debug information generation is not supported by this executable
It is possible to have a compiler executable that doesn't support the generation of debugging info. If you use such an executable with the -g switch, this warning will be displayed.
Hint: Try recompiling with -dGDB
It is possible to have a compiler executable that doesn't support the generation of debugging info. If you use such an executable with the -g switch, this warning will be displayed.
Warning: You are using the obsolete switch arg1
This warns you when you use a switch that is not needed/supported anymore. It is recommended that you remove the switch to overcome problems in the future, when the meaning of the switch may change.
Warning: You are using the obsolete switch arg1, please use arg2
This warns you when you use a switch that is not supported anymore. You must now use the second switch instead. It is recommended that you change the switch to overcome problems in the future, when the meaning of the switch may change.
Note: Switching assembler to default source writing assembler
This noties you that the assembler has been changed because you used the -a switch, which can't be used with a binary assembler writer.
Warning: Assembler output selected "arg1" is not compatible with "arg2"
Warning: "arg1" assembler use forced
The assembler output selected can not generate object les with the correct format. Therefore, the default assembler for this target is used instead.
Reading options from le arg1
Options are also read from this le.
Reading options from environment arg1
Options are also read from this environment string.
Handling option "arg1"
Debug info that an option is found and will be handled.
*** press enter ***
Message shown when help is shown page per page. When pressing the ENTER Key, the next page of help is shown. If you press q and then ENTER, the compiler exits.
Hint: Start of reading cong le arg1
Start of conguration le parsing.
Hint: End of reading cong le arg1
End of conguration le parsing.
interpreting option "arg1"
The compiler is interpreting an option
interpreting rstpass option "arg1"
The compiler is interpreting an option for the rst time.
interpreting le option "arg1"
The compiler is interpreting an option which it read from the conguration le.
Reading cong le "arg1"
The compiler is starting to read the conguration le.
found source le name "arg1"
Additional information about options. Displayed when you have the debug option turned on.
Error: Unknown code page
An unknown code page for the source les was requested. The compiler is compiled with support for several code pages built-in. The requested code page is not in that list. You will need to recompile the compiler with support for the codepage you need.
Fatal: Cong le arg1 is a directory
Directories cannot be used as conguration les.
Warning: Assembler output selected "arg1" cannot generate debug info, debugging disabled
The selected assembler output cannot generate debugging information, debugging option is therefore disabled.
Warning: Use of ppc386.cfg is deprecated, please use fpc.cfg instead
Using ppc386.cfg is still supported for historical reasons, however, for a multiplatform system the naming makes no sense anymore. Please continue to use fpc.cfg instead.