From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: LD looks at zip drive
Date: 29 Dec 1997 10:16:07 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii (eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il) writes:

>> I write something in RHIDE, I compile it, and then when it is
>> linking, when LD is running, everything stops...after a while my zip
>> drive starts up (after being in "sleep" mode), and then linking
>> finishes.  From then on, linking happens without the zip drive being
>> consulted.
> 
> Does the same happen when you compile from the DOS prompt using `gcc'?
> If it does, I suggest to add -v to the gcc command line and watch
> closely which program causes the zip drive to spin.

Hrm? Didn't he just say it was the linker, ld, implying he already did use
-v thusly? :-)
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