Date:	Sun, 4 Feb 1996 10:13:44 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	orlo <orlo AT emi DOT net>
Cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: one more time

On Thu, 1 Feb 1996, orlo wrote:

>   I was under the impression (from reading the FAQ), that going to DOS 
> from Win95; I should type from c:\djgpp\bin the following: "gcc 
> filename.c" and "filename.exe" would be compiled/created.  This does not 
> happen.  Could someone PLEASE write me a short e-mail and tell me how to 
> use the ez-gcc compiler to create an .exe from a .c file?

The default output file is a.out (because of the Unix legacy of GNU tools
which are used by DJGPP).  If you want the output to go to `filename.exe',
you should do this: 

	gcc -o filename filename.c
	coff2exe filename

This is for DJGPP v1.x.  In DJGPP v2.0, you could say simply

	gcc -o filename.exe filename.c

But DON'T try the last method in DJGPP v1.x, or you will get into trouble! 
In fact, the FAQ specifically warns about this in section 9.2.

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