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Message-Id: <m0ygw2k-000S49C@inti.gov.ar>
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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
Organization: INTI
To: mteagard AT indiana DOT edu (Mark Alan Teagarden), djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:47:19 +0000
MIME-Version: 1.0
Subject: Re: Unzipping problem??
In-reply-to: <6l1caf$t$1@jetsam.uits.indiana.edu>

mteagard AT indiana DOT edu (Mark Alan Teagarden) wrote:

> I'm trying to install DJGPP on a 486-33 running Dos 6.0 at work.  I told 
> the zip picker my requirements and it chose the appropriate files.
> The problem was in unzipping gpp281b.zip.  I keep getting an error 
> message saying "can't create g++.exe".  I have thought about renaming the 
> file, zipping it, then unzipping and renaming it, but eventually I'm 
> going to need to rename it back to g++.exe, and the rename command will 
> not accept ++ as part of a valid filename, it comes back with "too many 
> parameters"

Forget about g++.exe, use gpp.exe instead.
 
> Is there any way to get around this problem?  I cannot compile any C++ 
> programs because RHIDE always gives me a 'bad command or file name' when 
> I try to compile; obviously it cannot find g++.exe.  How can I get around 
> this problem?

I think you have another problem. Is %DJDIR%/bin in your path? Is DJGPP 
enviroment variable defined?
 
> NOTE: I have already consulted the DJGPP mail archives, which won't even 
> accept g++ as a keyword, and the FAQ made no mention of this problem.  

Because 2.8.1 was released after the FAQ ;-)

> I  read something implying that files with "++" in the name are for UNIX 
> systems, but I specifically told zip picker that I was using MS-DOS.
> I realize that this is primarily a DOS problem, but I wondered if other 
> DJGPP users had ever encountered it, thus the cross-posting.

The file is for Windows 9x users and is the same as gpp.exe.

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