Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 18:40:58 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Mike Daniel <mystikman AT prodigy DOT net>
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Subject: Re: I need help with installation!
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On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Mike Daniel wrote:

> Ok yes I am sure that I have a file named helloworld.c and here are the
> contents of my autoexec.bat and config.sys:

These are generally okay.

> SET PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\CDROM;C:\BRCD\BIN;C:\DJGPP\BIN;

It is better to put the DJGPP bin subdirectory first, not last.  And get 
rid of that trailing semi-colon.

Let's make sure the settings from AUTOEXEC.BAT are indeed in effect.  To 
this end, please type "set > environ.txt" at the command prompt, and post 
here the contents of the file environ.txt that is created by this.

> And this is typed correctly with no spelling errors I also downloaded the
> new gcc295b and gpp295b and again, there is a file named helloworld.c in my
> c:\projects dir.

How did you make sure helloworld.c is there?  The fool-proof method is to 
type "dir helloworld*" from the command line, since other Windows 
programs sometimes lie to you about what files are there (e.g., they 
might conceal the extensions).

If nothing of the above gives the clue, post here what is produced by the 
following command:

	gcc -v < nul