X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: soft link From: m-friedrichs AT hdlresearchlab DOT com References: <7UQnc.25852$do3 DOT 14340 AT newssvr22 DOT news DOT prodigy DOT com> X-Newsreader: News Rover 8.2.2 (http://www.NewsRover.com) Lines: 44 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.69.20.73 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT prodigy DOT net X-Trace: newssvr24.news.prodigy.com 1084289049 ST000 65.69.20.73 (Tue, 11 May 2004 11:24:09 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:24:09 EDT Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com X-UserInfo1: [[PAPDONXJTERTT^FBJ\OFXBBZ\LPCXLLBWLOOAFBATBTSUBYFWEAE[YJLYPIWKHTFCMZKVMB^[Z^DOBRVVMOSPFHNSYXVDIE AT X\BUC AT GTSX@DL^GKFFHQCCE\G[JJBMYDYIJCZM AT AY]GNGPJD]YNNW\GSX^GSCKHA[]@CCB\[@LATPD\L AT J\\PF]VR[QPJN Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:24:09 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > >I have a program called ch professional, which launches from the command > >line under win2k, and uses djpgg "ln" to create soft links which doesn't > >work. > From my interaction with the company in 2002 when DJGPP 2.04 was in > alpha release (make that gamma in respect of crashing on 2K/XP) ch > uses a number of utils from the V2GNU directory and they include them > in their commercial program. > >The vendors manual says ln - S is implemented. But does not work from > >the > >win2k command line(dos box). I sent a support question about this > >problem > >to the vendors support line, who suggested, I go to this newsgroup to get > >an > >answer. > > > >any suggestions? > Go back and ask them which version alpha or beta version of DJGPP they > use to build CH. And inform them that the most stable version was > reelased at the end of 2003. > > When I dealt with them they were not very helpful and used an alpha > version that I built to do a commercail release of CH which was very > very very crazy. > > If you go and grab the files from one of the following links then you > will end up with the latest version of the V2GNU files. I do not know > which ones you need:- > Now you have two options to choose from, you only need to do one:- > a) Download the 2.04 beta files from > http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main_204.htm > b) Download the 2.04 beta files from > ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/alpha/v2gnu/ > > Do not download the files from > ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/alpha/v2 as they are old.... > > > Good luck and all the best with your dealing with them. > > Andrew I will take you up on your suggestion, thanks. MikeF