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From: "Joe C." <jcam_0 AT my-deja DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: DJGPP/Long filename problems in Windows NT/DOS box :-(
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 1999 02:08:57 GMT
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Thanks Nate, indeed I was missing a lot of necessary files.  That zip
picker utility at delorie.com was great for displaying what's needed.
I'll unzip everything tomorrow and see how it goes.

Thanks again!
Joe

In article <37CEDEF2 DOT DC1C1937 AT hmc DOT edu>,
  Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu> wrote:
> Joe C. wrote:
> >
> > I'm having a problem running the djgpp/gpp compiler on Windows NT.
> > I've looked at a few posts and tried the suggestions regarding long
> > filenames, but so far it's still not working.
> >
> > Here's what I've done:
> >
> > Used winzip to unzip djdev202.zip, gcc295b.zip and gpp295b.zip.
When I
> > look at the files in Win Explorer, or in a DOS box with DIR I can
see
> > the long filenames just fine.  But when I try to "vi" or "edit" the
> > files, like "streambuf.h" I get no file - I can only edit it as
> > "stream~1.h"!  When I tried to compile this simple program to test:
> [...]
> > I read a post that said DJGPP does not have access to long
filenames on
> > Windows NT,
>
> This is correct.
>
> > so I tried the next suggestion which was to use pkunzip.  I
> > did this, and I got the 8.3 filename format (but without the
annoying
> > "~1" etc. ), set the LFN= to "n" in djgpp.env (also set it to "y"),
and
> > still got errors.  This time the compiler says:
> >
> > test.cpp:2: syntax error before `namespace'
>
> I don't think namespaces are completely implemented in GCC yet.  (I
> assume the code is correct, though I don't know enough C++ to be
sure.)
>
> > If I just change the "include/namespace" lines to "#include
> > <iostream.h>" I get:
> >
> > gpp.exe: installation problem, cannot exec `as': No such file or
> > directory (ENOENT)
>
> You didn't install bnuNNNb.zip, which includes the assembler and other
> vital passes of the compiler.
>
> If you use the zip picker at www.delorie.com, it will tell you all the
> zips you need.
>
> --
>
> Nate Eldredge
> neldredge AT hmc DOT edu
>

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