"Tobse" <tobia...@onlinehome.de> wrote in message news:j9efl3$2igk$1...@digitalmars.com... > Hey, > i wanted to write a basic cli chat to get familiar with d. So i looked up > the > default library for sockets and found std.socket; There is a note that > says > "compile with ws2_32.lib". When i simply run: > > dmd main.d > > it tells me: > > OPTLINK (R) for Win32 Release 8.00.12 > Copyright (C) Digital Mars 1989-2010 All rights reserved. > http://www.digitalmars.com/ctg/optlink.html > dist\client.obj(client) > Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D3std6socket7Address8toStringMFZAya > dist\client.obj(client) > Error 42: Symbol Undefined > _D3std6socket7Address13addressFamilyMFZE3std6socket1 > 3AddressFamily > dist\client.obj(client) > Error 42: Symbol Undefined _D3std6socket7Address7nameLenMFZi > dist\client.obj(client) > Error 42: Symbol Undefined > _D3std6socket7Address4nameMFZPS3std1c7windows7winsoc > k8sockaddr > --- errorlevel 4 > > So then i tried this: > > dmd main.d -Llib ws2_32.lib > > But i keep getting the exact same error plus > > OPTLINK : Warning 9: Unknown Option : NOILIB > > doing this: > > dmd main.d > link client.obj -lib ws2_32.lib > > Its the same again plus > > OPTLINK : Warning 9: Unknown Option : LIB > > > Can somone please tell me how to link the compiled code correctly so that > i > can run it? Or is this a bug? > > Greets, Tobi
Not sure whether or not there's some other problem, but try this: dmd main.d ws2_32.lib
