From:	Hyper <jimb AT snip DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: HELP!
Date:	Wed, 28 Jul 1999 04:42:47 -0400
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Donna Gula wrote:
> 
> > Hey, I'm a beginner with C++ and DJGPP and whenever I try to compile a
> > program, it says "Bad command or file name" and I have the extension
> > ".cpp" or ".C"
> 
> My first guess would be that you didn't install the C++ compiler from
> the gpp281b.zip archive.  Look into your DJGPP tree and see if you
> have a program called cc1plus.exe there; if not, unzip gpp281b.zip.
> 
> If the above doesn't help, add -v to the compilation command line and
> see what program does the compiler try to invoke immediately before
> the "Bad comamnd or file name" message--this is the missing one.

there is also a possibility that the compiler isn't in his path, so when
he types like gcc mysource.c -o myprog.exe it gives him a bad command or
file name error.  just a wild guess here, oh and i'm new to the group,
hi all!
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