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Andy Koppe wrote:

>> I'm sure that I can come up with a hack that will let me do what I want
> 
> The easiest thing to do would be to overwrite the link with the file
> it points to, e.g. 'cp /bin/g++-4.exe /bin/g++.exe'. You'd have to
> remember to do that after every gcc update though.

  How about just typing "g++-4" (or "g++-3") instead of "g++" when trying to
invoke the compiler from a DOS shell?

    cheers,
      DaveK


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