From:	Oon Lin <Oon DOT Lin AT jcu DOT edu DOT au>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: howdy and clueless
Date:	Wed, 15 Oct 1997 15:05:44 +1000
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NGaBear1 AT aol DOT com wrote:
> 
> howdy, just starting to learn how to program and understand most of the lan.
> but what is the name of the file i start off with to write my c code? gcc?
> have no clue, their is no info you have for beginners.
> thanks for your time,
> gene


To start programming , fire up any text editor and start banging in your
codes. Then use gcc.exe to compile it. gcc.exe is a command line C/C++
compiler. 

A very basic way of building a program (compiling and linkling)
would be :
 
   gcc -o filename.exe filename.c

example : I have a c source file name foo.c
          To build (create an .exe file) I'll use :

          gcc -o foo.exe foo.c

For more info , there's a great site at
http://www.castle.net/~avly/djsetup.html

If you're looking for an IDE (I presume you are...) , go get RHIDE 1.4
It's a great and free IDE for DJGPP.

Direct your browser to 
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~sho/rho/rhide/

Hope the above information can help you get started.

Urs Segementation Faultly ,
Kean

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