X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to djgpp-bounces using -f Message-ID: <3FB7E687.3917000A@phekda.freeserve.co.uk> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2003 21:05:11 +0000 From: Richard Dawe X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.23 i586) X-Accept-Language: de,fr MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Can't delete executables made by DJGPP References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.6.219.79 X-Trace: 1069097412 mercury.nildram.net 103 81.6.219.79 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Hello. Chris Mantoulidis wrote: > > When i make an executable file with DJGPP 2.03 (gcc 3.3.2 version i > think) i can't delete it... > > i use this command to make the executables (c++): > > gxx foo.cc -o foo.exe > > and i get a warning that the file does not have a new line character > (or something), doesn't say which file. It does. Look closer. It will look something like the warning below. bash-2.04$ echo -n "int main (void) { return 1; }" > t.c bash-2.04$ gcc -Wall -o t t.c t.c:1:30: warning: no newline at end of file > then when i try to delete the file (the exe) i get "file is being used > by another person or program" error box so i can't delete it, but i > can execute it > > any help??? Try exiting the DOS session and then try again. If that does work, exit all DOS sessions and try again. If that doesn't work, reboot Windows and try again. Regards, -- Richard Dawe [ http://www.phekda.freeserve.co.uk/richdawe/ ] "You can't evaluate a man by logic alone." -- McCoy, "I, Mudd", Star Trek