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From: "Murray Rogers" <mwr21 AT cam DOT ac DOT uk>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
References: <OE2s4nLLW94lJ7tUUQD00003408 AT hotmail DOT com>
Subject: Re: Runtime mystery
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:54:33 -0000
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is your program actually crashing?  If so, try a "\n" at the end of the
printf to make sure it flushes the buffer.


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Hutto <huttothomas AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: DJGPP <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Sent: 30 October 2000 18:47
Subject: Runtime mystery


> What's going on here?  The my program does not work, so I try to debug
> it.  But gdb hides the error I'm trying to find.
>
> Maybe I don't know what to look for, but I can't find this problem
> referenced in the FAQ nor the archives.  I have looked though.
>
> In MYPROG.C, modify main() so that it has printf("Hello world"); as its
> first executable statement.
>
>
> ReCompile MYPROG using gcc via a makefile (30 something *.c and *.h
> files)
> get no warnings no errors
> link step gives no warnings no errors
>
> At the DOS prompt type MYPROG.EXE and press enter
> MYPROG prints nothing to the terminal nor to any file that I can find.
>
> At the DOS prompt type
> gdb MYPROG
> type run at the (gdb) prompt.
>
> MYPROG operates as would be expected under 'normal' circumstances.
>
> What's going on here?  The pgm does not work, so I try to debug it.  But
> gdb hides the error I'm trying to find.
>
>
>
>
> TIA and Cheers
> Tom Hutto  thutto AT houston DOT rr DOT com  Houston,Texas USA
> "If you can't measure it, you can't control it." - Lord Kelvin
>
>
>