From:	pavenis AT lanet DOT lv
Message-ID:	<B0000031669@stargate.astr.lu.lv>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date:	Thu, 4 Jun 1998 16:37:59 +0300
MIME-Version:	1.0
Subject:	Re: Unzipping problem??
In-reply-to:	<357645e2.2771587@news.bigpond.com>

From:           	FrancZabkar AT biggpond DOT com (Franc Zabkar)
Subject:        	Re: Unzipping problem??
Date sent:      	Thu, 04 Jun 1998 12:02:11 GMT

> On 2 Jun 1998 17:21:19 GMT, Mark Alan Teagarden put finger to keyboard
> and composed:
> 
> >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"
> >
> >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.
> 
> Would it be possible to use DISKEDIT (Norton Utils) or DEBUG to search
> your software for all instances of the string "g++" and to change it
> to some legal DOS filename?
> 

g++.exe was intended only for those users that have LFN support
(Win95). Other users can simply ignore message about invalid name.

RHIDE never uses g++.exe or gpp.exe. It ALWAYS uses gcc.exe and
adds needed libraries when building executable. 

DON'T mess with DISKEDIT or DEBUG (especially with the first one). 
They are not needed here. 

Question: which version of RHIDE are You using? If this is 1.3 (I suspect so)
then You should upgrade to 1.4 (or beta 1.4.5).

Also one thing to do is to check if You can compile C++ program from
command line and read carefully readme files and FAQ if not.

Andris

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