Introduction to Visual C++ for UNIX Users This topic provides
information for UNIX users who are new to Visual C++ and want to
become productive with Visual C++. You can use Visual C++ from
the command line in a similar way that you would use a UNIX
command-line environment. You compile from the command prompt
with the command-line C and C++ compiler (CL.EXE) and tools,
including NMAKE.EXE, the Microsoft version of the UNIX make
utility. In UNIX, commands are installed in a common folder,
such as /usr/bin. In Visual C++, the command-line tools are
installed in your installation directory at VC\bin (on a typical
installation at Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\VC\bin).
To use the command-line tools, run vsvars32.bat, which is
located in your installation directory at Common7\Tools. This
adds your bin directory to your path and sets up other paths
that are necessary to compile Visual C++ programs from the
command line. If you open a command prompt with the Visual
Studio Command Line Prompt from the Start