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reply Burton Radons <burton.radons gmail.com> writes:
Does anyone have a batch file setup for running multiple DMD versions, that
works with 2.025's refit? Specifically I want DMD 1.0, DMD 2.0, Tango, and
Other, that can be run to install new versions when they're released and allow
me to run "dmd-2.0" or "bud-tango" and it'll just work. I'm like 70% done
already but I thought I'd use someone else's wheel for once, if it exists.
Feb 17 2009
next sibling parent reply Burton Radons <burton.radons gmail.com> writes:
Pha I just realised I was massively overengineering the whole damned thing. I
don't need to install stuff, I just needed to push the different versions of
DMD into their own separate paths with a common structure for the aliases. Duh!
Feb 17 2009
parent Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Burton Radons <burton.radons gmail.com> wrote:
 Pha I just realised I was massively overengineering the whole damned thing. I
don't need to install stuff, I just needed to push the different versions of
DMD into their own separate paths with a common structure for the aliases. Duh!
WHEN IS THE NEXT VERSION OF UNDIG COMING OUT I kid, I kid. I had no idea you were still using D ;)
Feb 17 2009
prev sibling parent reply Lawrence Hemsley <lawrence.hemsley gmail.com> writes:
I use batch files to switch between dmd 1 versions with the 
three different libraries: phobes, tango, and tangobos. 
However, you can use it to switch from dmd ver 1 and dmd ver 
2 also.

The batch file I use for tangobos is inserted below and the 
form of all the batch files are the same.

1. The folder c:\dmd\bin and c:\dm\bin are included on the 
      path environment variable.

2. The folder c:\dmd is used as a symbolic link to which 
ever batch file is run. It the tangobos batch file is run 
the symbolic link is to c:\dmd-tangobos where dmd with the 
library tangobos is stored. C:\dmd-tango is the folder that 
uses the tango library and c:\dmd-phobos is the folder that 
uses phobos library. c:\dmd-2.05 can be a folder that uses 
the version 2 dmd. (I actually have that one in my D drive.

3. The utility called junction is used to unset and set the 
symbolic links. Junction is available free from microsoft 
you just go the download or support or msdn or technet dot 
microsoft.com and search for it as in support.microsoft.com

I put shortcuts of each batch file on the desktop so if I am 
testing or writing code with the tangobos library I double 
click the correct shortcut before compiling the code and the 
correct library is used.

 echo off - tangobos.bat
rem - Sets the environment for using the tangobos library
rem - with the dmd compiler called with either dfl.exe with
rem - entice designer or dsss.exe or bud.exe for command
rem - line programs

rem - unlink any dir to the symbolic link of dmd directory
junction -d c:\dmd

rem - set symbolic link to of dmd directory to dmd-phobos 
directory
junction c:\dmd c:\dmd-tangobos

Burton Radons wrote:
 Does anyone have a batch file setup for running multiple DMD versions, that
works with 2.025's refit? Specifically I want DMD 1.0, DMD 2.0, Tango, and
Other, that can be run to install new versions when they're released and allow
me to run "dmd-2.0" or "bud-tango" and it'll just work. I'm like 70% done
already but I thought I'd use someone else's wheel for once, if it exists.
Feb 18 2009
parent reply Lawrence Hemsley <lawrence.hemsley gmail.com> writes:
This link will go to the download page of the junction 
utility. Has usage on it also.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx


Lawrence Hemsley wrote:
 I use batch files to switch between dmd 1 versions with the three 
 different libraries: phobes, tango, and tangobos. However, you can use 
 it to switch from dmd ver 1 and dmd ver 2 also.
 
 The batch file I use for tangobos is inserted below and the form of all 
 the batch files are the same.
 
 1. The folder c:\dmd\bin and c:\dm\bin are included on the      path 
 environment variable.
 
 2. The folder c:\dmd is used as a symbolic link to which ever batch file 
 is run. It the tangobos batch file is run the symbolic link is to 
 c:\dmd-tangobos where dmd with the library tangobos is stored. 
 C:\dmd-tango is the folder that uses the tango library and c:\dmd-phobos 
 is the folder that uses phobos library. c:\dmd-2.05 can be a folder that 
 uses the version 2 dmd. (I actually have that one in my D drive.
 
 3. The utility called junction is used to unset and set the symbolic 
 links. Junction is available free from microsoft you just go the 
 download or support or msdn or technet dot microsoft.com and search for 
 it as in support.microsoft.com
 
 I put shortcuts of each batch file on the desktop so if I am testing or 
 writing code with the tangobos library I double click the correct 
 shortcut before compiling the code and the correct library is used.
 
  echo off - tangobos.bat
 rem - Sets the environment for using the tangobos library
 rem - with the dmd compiler called with either dfl.exe with
 rem - entice designer or dsss.exe or bud.exe for command
 rem - line programs
 
 rem - unlink any dir to the symbolic link of dmd directory
 junction -d c:\dmd
 
 rem - set symbolic link to of dmd directory to dmd-phobos directory
 junction c:\dmd c:\dmd-tangobos
 
 Burton Radons wrote:
 Does anyone have a batch file setup for running multiple DMD versions, 
 that works with 2.025's refit? Specifically I want DMD 1.0, DMD 2.0, 
 Tango, and Other, that can be run to install new versions when they're 
 released and allow me to run "dmd-2.0" or "bud-tango" and it'll just 
 work. I'm like 70% done already but I thought I'd use someone else's 
 wheel for once, if it exists.
Feb 18 2009
parent Sergey Gromov <snake.scaly gmail.com> writes:
Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:41:34 -0800, Lawrence Hemsley wrote:

 This link will go to the download page of the junction 
 utility. Has usage on it also.
 
 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.aspx
 
 Lawrence Hemsley wrote:
 I use batch files to switch between dmd 1 versions with the three 
 different libraries: phobes, tango, and tangobos. However, you can use 
 it to switch from dmd ver 1 and dmd ver 2 also.
 
 The batch file I use for tangobos is inserted below and the form of all 
 the batch files are the same.
 
 1. The folder c:\dmd\bin and c:\dm\bin are included on the      path 
 environment variable.
 
 2. The folder c:\dmd is used as a symbolic link to which ever batch file 
 is run. It the tangobos batch file is run the symbolic link is to 
 c:\dmd-tangobos where dmd with the library tangobos is stored. 
 C:\dmd-tango is the folder that uses the tango library and c:\dmd-phobos 
 is the folder that uses phobos library. c:\dmd-2.05 can be a folder that 
 uses the version 2 dmd. (I actually have that one in my D drive.
 
 3. The utility called junction is used to unset and set the symbolic 
 links. Junction is available free from microsoft you just go the 
 download or support or msdn or technet dot microsoft.com and search for 
 it as in support.microsoft.com
 
 I put shortcuts of each batch file on the desktop so if I am testing or 
 writing code with the tangobos library I double click the correct 
 shortcut before compiling the code and the correct library is used.
 
  echo off - tangobos.bat
 rem - Sets the environment for using the tangobos library
 rem - with the dmd compiler called with either dfl.exe with
 rem - entice designer or dsss.exe or bud.exe for command
 rem - line programs
 
 rem - unlink any dir to the symbolic link of dmd directory
 junction -d c:\dmd
 
 rem - set symbolic link to of dmd directory to dmd-phobos directory
 junction c:\dmd c:\dmd-tangobos
 
 Burton Radons wrote:
 Does anyone have a batch file setup for running multiple DMD versions, 
 that works with 2.025's refit? Specifically I want DMD 1.0, DMD 2.0, 
 Tango, and Other, that can be run to install new versions when they're 
 released and allow me to run "dmd-2.0" or "bud-tango" and it'll just 
 work. I'm like 70% done already but I thought I'd use someone else's 
 wheel for once, if it exists.
I use junction, too, to switch between DMDs. The 'junction -d' is not required. Simply overwriting a link works just fine.
Feb 19 2009