From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Help for a newuser !! Date: Thu, 10 Oct 1996 22:36:14 -0700 Organization: Three pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt Lines: 31 Message-ID: <325DDCCE.7D67@cs.com> References: <325E264C DOT 2A2C AT helsinki DOT fi> Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp211.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: hui To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp hui wrote: > > I have downloaded EZ-gcc. And installed it on my computer according > to instruction.Everything is alright.I edited a simple c > program(Hello.c),and compiled it. I got an a.out file.But what should I > do next?I tried running a.out directly,but was told it is bad file or > command? > Help!!! a.out isn't an executable. Run 'coff2exe' on it (i.e., "coff2exe a.out"). Then you'll get 'a.exe', which you can run. :) I don't remember if EZ-gcc uses version 1.x or version 2 of djgpp - that's why I recommended 'coff2exe' instead of 'stubify'. The v2 coff2exe is a batch file that invokes stubify. BTW, if you like what you see, definitely consider downloading the full djgpp v2 distribution - ftp to ftp.funet.fi and get the file 'ftp://ftp.funet.fi/mirrors/ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2/readme.1st' for instructions. I don't know exactly what is or is not included in EZ-gcc, but it's definitely not the whole shebang. :) (FYI, this isn't an advertisement; djgpp is completely free.) Good luck! -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I | fighteer AT cs DOT com | | Plan: To find ANYONE willing to | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | | play Descent 2 on DWANGO! | Tagline: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------