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Subject: Re: NEED HELP COMPILING 1ST PROGRAM!!!!!!!!!
Date: Sun, 07 May 2000 19:26:44 GMT
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In article <20000507144044 DOT 03969 DOT 00001713 AT ng-fg1 DOT aol DOT com>,
  davidtmdu AT aol DOT com (Davidtmdu) wrote:
> I bought the book SAMS teach yourself c++ in 24 hours about a year
ago - but in
> my opinion might as well be 24 years. As I am still trying to compile:
>
> #include <iostream.h>
>
> int main()
> {
>    cout << "Hello World!\n";
>    return 0;
> }
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> I run windows 95 and use DJGPP.
> Could someone out there out of the kindness of their heart tell me
EXACTLY what
> to do and how to do it step by step!
> So here's what I do:
> I write all that stuff up there on notepad and save it as hello.cpp
on c:\
> drive
> I go to RUN, and type:
> gxx <c:\hello.cpp> -o <hello.exe>

This should be : gxx c:\hello.cpp -o hello.exe.
Don't use the brackets.

>
> I'm pretty sure it's wrong, but what do to get it compiled to obj.
file?
> By the way, this is the error message I get :
>
> gxx.exe: <c:\hello.cpp>: No such file or directory (ENOENT)
>
> WHAT?????????

It's reading it as "<c:\hello.cpp>" instead of "c:\hello.cpp".


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