Fallback to clink_[x86|x64].exe if clink.bat Script is Renamed

[frizzr]

In programs like ConEmu, very often users want to pass their own options into Clink. This involves replacing clink.bat with their own custom one, which will then call the original clink.bat with a new name. This tweak keeps the original behavior of looking for clinkXXX_x64.exe when the batch script is named clinkXXX.bat, but provides a fallback for it to run clink_x64.exe if clinkXXX_x64.exe cannot be found.

[frizzr]

This was just an idea of mine. I know it is debatable whether ConEmu should provide more adjustable hooks for Clink, but I tried to at least keep with the original behavior and only add a fallback if the executable is not found.

Thanks for considering!

[mridgers]

Would you mind giving me an example of how these changes are used to give me a bit of context?

[frizzr]

Sure. Take a look at this question on Super User on how to feed clink the --profile command-line option through ConEmu:

http://superuser.com/questions/684309/how-do-i-set-clinks-profile-option-in-conemu

Maximus recommends moving the original clink.bat file to a new name (say, for example, "clink_new.bat") and having clink.bat just be a simple call to clink_new.bat --profile, but this causes the batch script in Clink to look for clink_new.exe, etc.

The change I'm proposing keeps that behavior intact...it just creates a fallback position that if it cannot find clink_new.exe, it will revert to looking for clink.exe.