From: "Emil Evers" <emil AT mail DOT goldweb DOT com DOT au>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: PLEASE HELP: novice has problem compiling
Date: 5 Oct 1998 12:53:53 GMT
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I have recently downloaded djgpp and am trying to run a simple program. I
wrote the program in emacs, saved it and put it in my djgpp\bin directory.
When I try to compile the program in dos (starter.c) with

gcc starter.c -o starter.exe -lm

I get the message: 

ld.exe: cannot open -lm :File in wrong format

I cannot figure out what this means. I realise this may seem a trivial
problem but I'm just beginning. ANY HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

My email is emil AT mazuma DOT net DOT au