help needed with command line linker invocation

[a_marlow]

Apologies for asking such a basic question here but I am not sure where
else to go. I am new to Windoze (have been working with UNIX for many,
many years). When I try to link my application it does not find the M$
libraries unless I define the environment variable LIB. When I try to pass
the same information into the CL command line using LIBPATH:<value> it
seems to ignore it.

Also, I am not sure in general how Windoze copes with its tendency to put
spaces in directory names. How does this affect passing such pathnames as
command line arguments?

Regards,

Andrew Marlow

 

[Guest]

Apologies for asking such a basic question here but I am not sure where

else to go.

no problem, that's why we are here.

I am new to Windoze (have been working with UNIX for many,
many years).

A tip: try to say Windows instead of Windoze. It makes you look more
professional,

When I try to link my application it does not find the M$

Ditto for MS instead of M$

libraries unless I define the environment variable LIB. When I try to pass
the same information into the CL command line using LIBPATH:<value> it
seems to ignore it.

The easiest solution is to start the VS200x command prompt. That you get a
command line with all variables properly set.

Also, I am not sure in general how Windoze copes with its tendency to put
spaces in directory names. How does this affect passing such pathnames as
command line arguments?

That is generally not a problem if you put double quotes around filenames.