Date: Wed, 31 Jul 1996 22:29:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sutton Eben <esutton AT osprey DOT csrv DOT uidaho DOT edu>
Subject: Re: compiling of c files
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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I finally figured this out: Windows NT doesn't support long file names in 
"DOS" windows when running under NTFS.  Therefore, the software cannot 
reside in a directory (or below an directory in the tree) that utilizes 
long filenames.  I had installed the compilor under

x:\Languages\djgpp\

which didn't allow the setting of any of the environment variables, 
because "languages" had 9 characters.  I renamed the directory to

x:\language\djgpp\

which of course only has eight letters, and now everything works just 
fine.  I hope this helps someone else in the future running Windows NT 
(which I continue to believe means Windows Non-Tolerant).  Thanks for the 
help!!

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Eben Sutton
University of Idaho Business and Acctg Services
Accounts Receivable / Student Loans
esutton AT uidaho DOT edu
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On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 28 Jul 1996, Eben Sutton wrote:
> 
> > is a Pentium/1gb HD/24mb RAM) however, when I try to compile
> > any of the test files provided, either in the DJGPP root 
> > directory or in the \djgpp\tests\libc\... source
> > directory (e.g. \djgpp\tests\libc\ansi\stdio\hello.c) they 
> > don't/won't compile because gcc can't find <stdio.h> or any
> > of the other included files.  
> 
> There should be an environment variable called "DJGPP" which you must set 
> to the exact pathname of the file DJGPP.ENV, like this:
> 
> 	set DJGPP=c:/djgpp/djgpp.env
> 
> (change the drive letter, if it isn't C: on your system).  The above is 
> usually done in AUTOEXEC.BAT, but for quick check you can simply set it 
> from the DOS prompt and see if DJGPP compiles OK.
> 
> The above will work if you open a DOS prompt window and then run DJGPP
> from within that window.  The precise setup to make the above happen if
> you run DJGPP with a PIF file depends on your preferences, but I'm sure
> you will be able to figure it out.  (Any NT guru out there who can help?)
>