From:	"Dylan Trotter" <trotterd AT idirect DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject:	Re: HELP!!!! newbie Please Help Me!
Date:	Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:30:18 -0500
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> I have tried to compile a program several time and every time it has said
>
>cannot find  libarary   stdio.h
>
>well   I did a  find files on my computer and it did not find  stdio.h in
>the
>
>DJGPP directory..


Assuming you installed everything to the "C:\DJGPP\" directory, the file is
"C:\DJGPP\INCLUDE\STDIO.H", all of your .h files are there. If (for some
very strange reason) it is not, then your copy is messed up. Go to
www.delorie.com and download the whole thing again. The code you should be
using for your "Hello World" program is as follows, in case this is the
problem:

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
    printf("Hello World!");
    return 0;
}

If that is not what you wrote, then it will not be the official Hello World
program... You also must understand what a #include directive is. If the
file name of a #include is enclosed by < and >, then it looks for the file
under the include directory on your machine, which should be
"C:\DJGPP\INCLUDE\".

>also Can I use the  the stdio.h from VC++


No, you cannot. Visual C++ is essentially an entirely different language,
and DJGPP is not directly portable from it. My recommendation if you want to
be a serious C programmer: delete VC++ and use a real compiler (namely,
DJGPP). VC++ is for people who don't want to take the time to program, who
just want to slap together some Windows crap. But until you have a good
understanding of the language and how things work, do not use VC++.

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