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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: "Alex" <acombs AT uiuc DOT edu>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Mon, 4 May 1998 16:07:35 +0000
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"Alex" <acombs AT uiuc DOT edu> wrote:

> I thought this might amuse someone... Maybe solve a small problem, too.
> 
> Having both the Gravis GrIP and Djgpp can cause some problems. Since both
> suites use a file called gcc.exe, and both have to be in the path of
> autoexec.bat, running "gcc" from a command line produces some peculiar
> effects. In Windows, it opens the "Gravis Control Center" and runs Djgpp's
> gcc.exe with all the arguments, due to the multitasking. In DOS, all it says
> is that it can't run in DOS mode. I think that's because I have c:\gravis
> before c:\djgpp in my path statement, and it can't run two gcc's, so it runs
> the Gravis one first.  Ends up I have to put Djgpp's gcc.exe in pretty much
> every directory I need to use it in (RHIDE, mainly).  I was wondering if
> anyone had the same problem and had a better solution or a better
> workaround.

Why you don't simply rename the gravis tool to something like grcc.exe?

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