From:	Jason Green <news AT jgreen4 DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Repeating execution with no result.
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"Michelle" <neohkl AT cyberway DOT com DOT sg> wrote:

> This was the cause and solution
> 
> > > > my "latest" environmental setting
> > > > DJGPP = C:\DJGPP\DJGPP.ENV
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > This is wrong. There should be no spaces around the = sign.

This is true, sorry I said that line was ok.

> Besides those command lines you guys suggest the following worked too
> 
> gcc -o world.exe  world.c
> and
> gcc -o world  world.c

Yes, those will work too, but there is good reason to use the -Wall
switch also (as the FAQ suggests).

The code you posted had no errors, but this code has 3 deliberate
mistakes that only show up if you turn on warnings:

main()
{
  printf("Hello, world!\n");
}


> This worked
> 
> set PATH=C:\DJGPP\BIN;%PATH%

That puts djgpp at the front of the path, good.

> so did this
> 
> set PATH=%PATH%;C:\DJGPP\BIN;

That puts djgpp at the end of the path.  Unless you have a good reason
to do this it is probably not what you want to do.

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