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c++ - File with extension ".LNK" !!!; is this new to 8.39 beta?

reply dan <dan_member pathlink.com> writes:
I hadn't seen this before. I went into the output folder to delete everything in
a last ditch attempt to stop the linker crashing, and I see a symbolic link
there, with the name of my program. But I know I never created a symbolic link,
so the compiler, or the IDDE must have created it. Then I checked its properties
to see what it linked to, and it linked to nothing. As far as Windows is
concerned, a file with ".lnk" extension that does not link to something else is
a corrupt file.
Would it be possible to use some extension that isn't reserved?
E.g.: ".olk" for Optilink, or ".dml" for DM Linker...
Cheers!
Jan 29 2004
next sibling parent reply Phil Thompson <phil electricvisions.com> writes:
Not sure if this will help you but did you know that a .lnk file is a 
Windows shortcut?

Phil

dan wrote:

 I hadn't seen this before. I went into the output folder to delete everything
in
 a last ditch attempt to stop the linker crashing, and I see a symbolic link
 there, with the name of my program. But I know I never created a symbolic link,
 so the compiler, or the IDDE must have created it. Then I checked its
properties
 to see what it linked to, and it linked to nothing. As far as Windows is
 concerned, a file with ".lnk" extension that does not link to something else is
 a corrupt file.
 Would it be possible to use some extension that isn't reserved?
 E.g.: ".olk" for Optilink, or ".dml" for DM Linker...
 Cheers!
Jan 29 2004
parent dan <dan_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <bvbj96$2i2j$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Phil Thompson says...

Not sure if this will help you but did you know that a .lnk file is a 
Windows shortcut?


That's exactly what I was talking about, Phil;  it's what I meant by "symbolic
link". I had not seen this with previous versions of Digital Mars.  Since I
installed the 8.39 beta, two days ago, I've been having linker crashes that I
could not trace. Today, it occurred to me that maybe the project files were
corrupted, so I went to the output folder to delete them and start the project
anew, and what I found there, to my astonishment, was a shortcut with the name
of my project. When I tried to see what it pointed to, it pointed to nothing.
This means that DMC++ is creating a file with an extension .LNK which perhaps
works in windows XP, or whatever version of windows Walter uses, but I think
it's what is causing the linker to crash in win98.
Cheers!
Jan 29 2004
prev sibling parent reply "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:
"dan" <dan_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:bvb7fi$1umc$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I hadn't seen this before. I went into the output folder to delete


everything in

 a last ditch attempt to stop the linker crashing, and I see a symbolic


link

 there, with the name of my program. But I know I never created a symbolic


link,

 so the compiler, or the IDDE must have created it. Then I checked its


properties

 to see what it linked to, and it linked to nothing. As far as Windows is
 concerned, a file with ".lnk" extension that does not link to something


else is

 a corrupt file.
 Would it be possible to use some extension that isn't reserved?
 E.g.: ".olk" for Optilink, or ".dml" for DM Linker...
 Cheers!


.lnk files are used to pass a command to the linker, as in:
    link  foo.lnk
It has nothing to do with symbolic links, and has been that way since before
win98 ever existed.
Jan 29 2004
parent dan <dan_member pathlink.com> writes:
In article <bvbkug$2klq$2 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...

.lnk files are used to pass a command to the linker, as in:
    link  foo.lnk
It has nothing to do with symbolic links, and has been that way since before
win98 ever existed.


Yes, I realize now it's not the problem.  Well, it was a shot...
Jan 29 2004