Date: Sun, 05 Feb 1995 16:40:37 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: profiling with -pg option & bug in Eli's FAQ
To: dodger AT gcr DOT com
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>gcc -o -pg tbranch tbranch.o -lgpp
>gcc.exe: tbranch: file not found

This is guaranteed to fail: -o takes the next argument, regardless of
appearance, as the output file, so what you're asking it to do is
link tbranch, tbranch.o, and libg++ to produce a file named `-pg.'

>Incidentally, Eli's FAQ (Dec 1994) states that the profile option
>is -gp. I would post this to him directly but I can't find his address
>(it wasn't in the faq).

Try eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il. If you wait long enough his address is bound
to appear in a message header anyway... :-)

--- Aaron Ucko (ucko AT vax1 DOT rockhurst DOT edu; finger for PGP public key) -=- httyp!
-=*=-Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you.-=*=-
Geek code 2.1 [finger hayden AT vax1 DOT mankato DOT msus DOT edu for explanation]: 
 GCS/M/S d(-) H s g+ p? !au a-- w+ v+ C++(+++)>++++ UL++(-)(S+)>++++ P++ 
 L+(++) 3(-) E-(----) !N>++ K- W-(---) M-(--) V(--) po-(--) Y+(++) t(+) !5 j R 
 G tv--(-) b+++ !D(--) B--(---) e>++++(*) u++(@) h!() f(+) r-(--)>+++ n+(-) y?