From: mteagard AT indiana DOT edu (Mark Alan Teagarden)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Unzipping problem??
Date: 2 Jun 1998 17:21:19 GMT
Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington
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Hey.

I'm trying to install DJGPP on a 486-33 running Dos 6.0 at work.  I told 
the zip picker my requirements and it chose the appropriate files.
The problem was in unzipping gpp281b.zip.  I keep getting an error 
message saying "can't create g++.exe".  I have thought about renaming the 
file, zipping it, then unzipping and renaming it, but eventually I'm 
going to need to rename it back to g++.exe, and the rename command will 
not accept ++ as part of a valid filename, it comes back with "too many 
parameters"

Is there any way to get around this problem?  I cannot compile any C++ 
programs because RHIDE always gives me a 'bad command or file name' when 
I try to compile; obviously it cannot find g++.exe.  How can I get around 
this problem?

NOTE: I have already consulted the DJGPP mail archives, which won't even 
accept g++ as a keyword, and the FAQ made no mention of this problem.  I 
read something implying that files with "++" in the name are for UNIX 
systems, but I specifically told zip picker that I was using MS-DOS.
I realize that this is primarily a DOS problem, but I wondered if other 
DJGPP users had ever encountered it, thus the cross-posting.

TIA,
Mark