Mail Archives: djgpp/2003/01/13/04:00:12
>I have a small program which i'm attempting to port from unix to dos. I
>installed Windows on a spare machine along with djgpp (2.03), and luckily
>it didn't take much editing to get it running.
>
>I sent it to a couple of friends (running Win 2000 also), but it just hangs
>for them, apparently doing nothing. If anyone can shed any light it would
>be much appreciated.
>
>At the moment all the program does is list all files in C:\, decending
>through each directory in turn. I've included it below :
..SNIP..
>Then sending the whatever.exe off to friends for testing- I assume it will
>be standalone ?
The main reason for it not working on 2K/XP:
On 2K and XP MS have allot of low level incompatabilities. Some one of
these critical issues have been fixed in the DJGPP 2.03 releases last
year.
Two solutions:-
1) Make sure you are using the latest DJDEV203.ZIP from Simtel (should
be 10-Aug-2002 or later when/if one is released)
2) Grab the DJGPP 2.04 WIP from the following URL and read about the
W2K/XP issues found and make sure you read the pages carefully:
http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp/win2k/main.htm
I built it with the DJ204 WIP (later than at the URL above) and it
starts to output the info, but I stopped it as it would take ages. I
assume that it worked on my XP box.
Andrew
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