To: enok AT lysator DOT liu DOT se
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: Nobody gets the error "can't open the file <--help>" ? 
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 94 08:57:56 +0200
From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>

> I still get the error "Can't open the file <-x>" ) (where x is any option,
> for example -h or --help). It happens on many of the gnu utilitys in the
> gcc packages, for example gasp and sed.
>
> I think it seems unlikely that it is only I who have these problems, can
> there be something wrong with the configuration or something?

Do you have enough environment space?  What does the /e:NNNN switch
on the SHELL= command in your CONFIG.SYS say?  What is the NNNN
number?  It should be at least 1000; mine says 1500.

If that's not an issue, or doesn't help, post your CONFIG.SYS,
AUTOEXEC.BAT, the output of the command SET from DOS prompt,
and what go32 prints when invoked with no arguments.  This might
help finding your problem.