Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/06/10/16:45:07
I was reiterating my own experience. If you use Windows Explorer and drag and
drop a zip file onto unzip32.exe in a new directory (which is what I did, and
possibly what Nick did) then the file appears in the Windows directory (at
least on my machine with a default Windows 98 installation). Try it and see!
[In my earlier post I accidently omitted Nick Thompson's post; I have copied it
to the end of this message]
>Subject: Re: newbie
>From: Eli Zaretskii eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
>Date: 6/10/01 9:05 AM GMT Daylight Time
>Message-id: <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 91 DOT 1010610110522 DOT 5638G AT is>
>
>
>On 9 Jun 2001, Lproche wrote:
>
>> You probably unzipped at least one file into the wrong directory and then
>moved
>> a subdirectory to where it was meant to go, leaving a file behind in the
>> default directory. unzip32 unzips files to the default directory (often
>> 'Windows') by default.
>>
>> Try installing again using the -d option in unzip32 or use WinZip.
>
>You have it backwards: unzip32 does NOT need -d, and it always unzips
>the files into the directory where it is invoked. WinZip, on the
>other hand, has a few nasty surprises for the uninitiated, like an
>option, which too many users seem to have activated, to unzip each
>zip file into its own directory.
>
>It is much safer to use unzip32, especially since it always uses the
>right mode wrt the long file name.
>>Subject: newbie
>>From: "nick thompson" >>nickboy AT popstar DOT com
>>Date: 6/7/01 10:06 AM GMT Daylight >>Time
>>Message-id: >><20010607090657 DOT 6974 DOT qmail AT mail DOT com>
>> Hi.. I'm sorry to bother you, but I am >>just starting out trying to learn
C++. It's >>always been a dream of mine to make >>simple games for my own
enjoyment, >>and I don't think gaining a new skill >>could be a bad thing
anyway. I was >>looking around for a freeware or >>shareware compiler to get
started, and >>I read some good reviews of DJGPP, >>so i decided to try it out.
I used the .zip >>picker form and downloaded and >>installed it as per the
instructions (I >>believe), but for some reason the file >>djpgg.env, as
referred to the in >>autoexec.bat modifications, is nowhere >>to be found. This
makes RHIDE and >>possibly all of it impossible to use. >>RHIDE advises me to
look at the FAQ >>and readme files, but I didn't see any >>information about
which .zip contains >>djgpp.env, or what to do if it is not >>present. This is
a bit frustrating, as I >>can't really start learning much if I can't >>even
get the compiler to function.
>>Here is a list of the .zips i downloaded >>and unzipped using WinZip (which
>>support long filenames, as far as I >>know):
>>unzip32.
>>v2/copying.dj
>>v2/djdev203.zip
>>v2/faq230b.zip
>>v2/readme.1st
>>v2apps/rh1478b.zip
>>v2gnu/bnu211b.zip
>>v2gnu/gcc2953b.zip
>>v2gnu/gpp2953b.zip
>>v2gnu/mak3791b.zip
>> Thanks in advance,
>>nick thompson
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