Date: Sun, 16 Mar 1997 16:17:53 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Nina Bhavnagri <carromex AT wire DOT net DOT au>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: djgpp crashes with illegal operation
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On Sat, 8 Mar 1997, Nina Bhavnagri wrote:

> From: Nina Bhavnagri <carromex AT wire DOT net DOT au>
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> Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 13:42:04 +1000
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> I am trying to compile my C programs using DJGPP, but it (and the DOS
> 
> box) crashes with
> 
>   This program has performed an illegal operation and will be 
> 
>   terminated. Quit all programs, and then restart your computer.

Invoke gcc like so:

	redir -o gcc.log -eo gcc -v ....

(put the rest of your command line instead of the dots), then post
here the contents of the file `gcc.log'.

> PATH=C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND;C:\GCC\BIN;C:\COMPRESS

Try moving the C:\GCC\BIN directory to the head of PATH.

> go32/v2 version 2.0 built Jan 23 1996 22:03:02

That's DJGPP v2.0.  The latest release is v2.01, and I suggest you
upgrade since v2.0 had some subtle bugs with long filenames handling
on Windows 95 (which seems to be your environment).