title: Does GCC support command files
body: <p>MSVC compilers support <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x2khzsa1.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">command files</a> which are used to pass command line options. This is primarily due to the restriction on the size of the command line parameters that can be passed to the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425(v=vs.85).aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CreateProcess</a> call.</p>
  <p>This is less of an issue on Linux systems but when executing cygwin ports of Unix applications, such as gcc, the same limits apply.</p>
  <p>Therefore, does anyone know if gcc/g++ also support some type of command file?</p>