# bigobj

Increases the number of sections that an object file can contain. This feature is only available for ifort.

## Syntax

Linux: | None

macOS: | None

Windows: | /bigobj

## Arguments

None

## Default

OFF | An object file can hold up to 65,536 (2**16) addressable sections.

## Description

This option increases the number of sections that an object file can contain. It increases the address capacity to 4,294,967,296(2**32).

This option may be helpful for .obj files that can hold more sections, such as machine generated code.

## IDE Equivalent

None

## Alternate Options

None

Parent topic: Miscellaneous Options