From:	khan AT xraylith DOT wisc DOT edu (Mumit Khan)
Subject:	Re: -mwindows
1 Jul 1998 10:31:01 -0700 :
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To:	John Dye <J DOT M DOT Dye AT newcastle DOT ac DOT uk>
Cc:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

On Tue, 30 Jun 1998, John Dye wrote:

> Hi, I'm new to C programming, and am having some trouble getting things to
> work. In particular, I can't getting g++ to reckise the option -mwindows,
> it just reports an unknown option message. What am I doing wrong or what
> haven't I done that I should have?
> 

In the current release, it's only valid for *linking*, not when compiling.
 
 % g++ -c foo.c
 % g++ -o foo -mwindows foo.o

Works. It'll be fixed in the next release.

btw, you should definitely use the search facility to look for articles on
similar topics. See http://www.cygnus.com/ml/gnu-win32/ for more info on
how to search.

Regards,
Mumit

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