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Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 12:48:58
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From: John Meyer <john_meyer AT geocities DOT com>
Subject: Re: djgpp compiler
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At 06:41 PM 10/9/98 +0100, you wrote:
>hello i wondered if anybody could help me,i have just obtained a copy
>of the "c" compiler "djgpp",i have unzipped all the files as per the
instructions
>but i do not know which program to start that allows me to write a "c"
program
>and which program to use to compile and run it.
>i am new to using this compiler so i would really appreciate some help
>in this matter.
>up to now i have tried to run the program "gcc",but all i get back is
>no input file,does this mean i am trying to compile a program before 
>i have even written it ?.
>if this is so i need to now what application to start that allows me to
>write the program.
> 
>thanks in advance
>steve furniss
>stephen AT 1074furn DOT karoo DOT co DOT uk


"gcc" is a command line compiler.  That means you have to feed it a file (I
don't remember the proper syntax, however).  sort of like gcc hello.cpp -o
hello.exe or something like that.
Try RHIDE.  Rhide looks like a DOS-based word processor and is a lot easier
to use than gcc if you don't know all of the options you can use with gcc.