Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 21:50:23 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> From: rpolzer AT web DOT de (Rudolf Polzer)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 19:54:53 +0100
> > 
> > gxx -o hello.exe hello.o
> > rename of hello.o to hello.exe failed.
> > the error was: invalid argument (ENIVAL)
> 
> You have to run gcc:
> 
> gcc -o hello.exe hello.o
> 
> Or, if you only have one .cpp file:
> 
> gcc -o hello.exe hello.cpp

??? If at all relevant, this is backwards: C++ programs need to be
linked with gxx or gpp, not gcc.

In any case, even using gcc, you should never see EINVAL and the error
message cited by the OP (see above).