Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 19:58:35 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Eric Gillespie <viking AT central DOT caverock DOT co DOT nz>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: RHide problems
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On Thu, 15 May 1997, Eric Gillespie wrote:

>       cpp.exe ... -lang-c  -o /tmp/RHbaaaaa\c -.c
>       ld.exe ... -o /dev/null ...
> 
> It seems to me that the program (for instance, gcc) is somehow munching
> the source code's filename: "-.c" is not AFAIK a valid DOS filename.

No, "-.c" is perfectly valid DOS name.  Try this:

	copy con -.c
	hello world
	^Z
	dir

You will see a file "-.c" in the current directory.

> Also if you choose /dev/null as the -o of your linker, your output OF ANY
> TYPE goes to that great bit-bucket in the sky - i.e. oblivion, never to be
> found by stubify.

That's OK, I understand that this is how RHIDE's bug-reporting feature 
works.  The intent is only to see the programs run, not to compile/link 
anything of real use.