/PDB (Use Program Database)
Visual Studio 2012
/PDB:filename
By default, when /DEBUG is specified, the linker creates a program database (PDB) which holds debugging information. The default file name for the PDB has the base name of the program and the extension .pdb.
Use /PDB:filename to specify the name of the PDB file. If /DEBUG is not specified, the /PDB option is ignored.
A PDB file can be up to 2GB.
For more information, see .pdb Files as Linker Input.
To set this linker option in the Visual Studio development environment
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Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Setting Visual C++ Project Properties.
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Click the Linker folder.
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Click the Debug property page.
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Modify the Generate Program Database File property.
To set this linker option programmatically
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See ProgramDatabaseFile.
