Thread: Open Watcom 1.9 small executable

Hello everybody. One of these days I decided to try Watcom, but I can not understand how to compile correctly to get the minimal executable. In Microsoft VS 6.0, I used "cl C_exp.c / TC / MD / Ox / link / entry: main / subsystem: console" to compile this code:

Code:

#pragma comment (linker, "/ignore:4060,4078,4089,4096,4108")
#pragma comment (linker, "/merge:.rdata=.data")
#pragma comment (linker, "/merge:.text=.data")
#pragma comment (linker, "/merge:.reloc=.data")
#pragma comment (linker, "/align:0x8")
#pragma comment (linker, "/filealign:0x8")
#pragma optimize("gsy", on)

#include <stdio.h>

int main(void)
{
    int number, right_digit;
    printf("enter num\n");
    scanf("%i", &number);

    do
    {
        right_digit = number % 10;
        
        printf("%i", right_digit);
        if (right_digit < 0) number = -number;
        number /= 10;
        
    } while(number != 0);
    printf("\n");
getchar();

return 0;
}

size .exe == 712 bytes
And for watcom "wcl386 -bcl = nt -br -d0 option alignment = 16 С_exp.c" but without the #pragma directives in the code.

Yes, this code really works. I have 32-bit Windows XP, visual studio 6.0
I use "cl prog.c / TC / MD / Ox / link / entry: main / subsystem: console / align: 16" for compilation, and it really works. The size of the executable file is 712 bytes. But it is compiled with cl.exe. And how to get the same thing with watcom? (I'm using open watcom 1.9). Wlink is a power but difficult instrument.

Yes, I work as an administrator. I could not find any articles on watcom as using only the compiler and linker to achieve the minimum executable file.

ftp://openwatcom.org/manuals/current/lguide.pdf