From:	softbrek AT POOL DOT Informatik DOT RWTH-Aachen DOT DE
Subject:	Re: symlink to g++ [was: Yet another subjectless message]
To:	turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp (Stephen Turnbull)
Date:	Tue, 31 Jan 1995 13:31:37 +0100 (MET)
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (djgpp)

> 
>    I tried to install the g++  version properly and tried to
>    compile a litte c++ file.
>    I used the command line "gcc (g++ works only on Sparcs ?) -v  fcube.cpp 
>    -ofcube".
> 
> g++ only works if you have a program by that name.  I believe "g++.exe"
> is a legal DOS file name, so you can (1) copy gcc.exe to g++.exe, or
> (2) copy stub.exe to g++.exe, and use stubedit "g++.exe" to change every
> parameter to be the same as the corresponding parameter in "gcc.exe".
> It should be told to call gcc.exe, of course.
> -- 
> Steve
> 

Sorry, Steve, but I think you can *not* use g++ as a DOS file-name. It is not
allowed to use + in filenames. (Flame me and inform others if I'm wrong here:)

I think this is because of the 'copy several files to one' feature of
COMMAND.COM's builtin command 'copy': imagine a directory containing
files named 'foo', 'a' and 'foo+a', and someone saying

	copy foo+a bar

Now, what should 'bar' be? 'foo' and 'a' concatenated, or a copy of 'foo+a'?

Hans-Bernhard

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