From:	Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Help! problem not in docs!
Date:	Sat, 19 Apr 1997 18:48:28 -0700
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jackelope wrote:

> i get some stuff on the screen that lists dirs being searched
> for the #included file(iostream.h). when the compiler gets to
> the instructions like:
> 
>     cout << "hello\n";
> 
> i get an 'undefined reference to cout' and 'undefined reference
> to ostream' messages. it appears the compiler cannot find the
> iostream.h header file.

No, undefined references are from the linker.  In this case, you're just
not linking in the C++ libraries.  Run gxx instead of gcc and it will work.

And, incidentally, you should end lines with endl, rather than putting a
newline in the string.  cout is buffered; endl tells it to end the line and
flush the buffer, whereas just sending "\n" doesn't.

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