Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/06/02/14:45:57
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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