From: mteagard AT indiana DOT edu (Mark Alan Teagarden)
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Subject: Re: Oops! I forgot
Date: 9 Jun 1998 14:18:46 GMT
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jack (jacko11 AT telegram DOT infi DOT net) wrote:
> I forgot something!
> a file with the + character in the name. So I used the win95 machine to
> rename it to gpp.exe. I think my problem might be caused by somebody
> looking for g++, but that seems very illogical for a DOS port of
> something to be looking for a file that it will never find (since a file
> by that name cannot exist.)

It is my understanding that g++.exe and gpp.exe are more or less two 
copies of the same program.  I had the same problem and was told that I 
could simply forget about g++, that I should just use gpp.exe, which is 
found in one of the zip files.  Maybe your problem stems from the fact 
that you renamed g++ to gpp.  The compiler searches for gpp and finds it, 
but in this case finds the wrong program and doesn't know what to do with it.
Incidentally, I'm surprised you didn't get a "gpp.exe already exists" 
message when you renamed and g++.  Try reinstalling the programs and just 
ignore the g++ error message.

I'm just blue-skying here, but this might help.

Mark