Compiler (command line) arguments

I'm working on a project that uses waf as its build tool. The project does build under MSVC but things aren't as I'd expect them. For example, when building a Debug version of the project, it seems to link to the Release version of the MSVC 'C' runtime.

After examining the waf script, I noticed a couple of places where paramters are getting passed to the compiler using '-' (rather than '/'). For example, waf passes -TP and -MD to the compiler whereas VS's own IDE would pass them as /TP and /MD.

Are both versions valid or are these mistakes that I'll need to modify in the waf script?

[Edit...] I'm building with VS2005, BTW

I really don't know John but since cl -? show all options as / whithout mentioning anything about - I guess - isn't alright. On the other hand if so I guess that you should have some error message logged after building?

I'm pretty sure you can use either, based on the errors I see:

Code:

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C:\msvsn2008\VC\bin>cl -TP
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

cl : Command line error D8003 : missing source filename

C:\msvsn2008\VC\bin>cl /TP
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

cl : Command line error D8003 : missing source filename

C:\msvsn2008\VC\bin>cl /vig
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '/vig'
cl : Command line error D8003 : missing source filename

C:\msvsn2008\VC\bin>cl -vig
Microsoft (R) 32-bit C/C++ Optimizing Compiler Version 15.00.30729.01 for 80x86
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

cl : Command line warning D9002 : ignoring unknown option '-vig'
cl : Command line error D8003 : missing source filename

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