From: broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
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Subject: Re: the gcc -o option
Date: 22 Mar 2000 16:09:28 GMT
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Ghins Mathai <ghins AT accord-soft DOT com> wrote:
> The gcc -o option overwrites a file by default. Is there anyway by which
> I can prevent this ??

Not inside gcc. You can move/rename it aside, before starting gcc,
though.

OTOH: why would you want to do that? I find it hard to imagine a use
of gcc where I would *not* want to have its output file overwritten,
if it exists. I'm running gcc exactly _because_ that file needs to be
replaced by a newer one, usually.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.