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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Jerzy Witkowski <Jerzy DOT Witkowski AT ii DOT uni DOT wroc DOT pl>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 14:14:03 +0000
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Subject: Re: Compiling in 2.8.1 vs. 2.7.2.1 - two minor problems
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Jerzy Witkowski <Jerzy DOT Witkowski AT ii DOT uni DOT wroc DOT pl> wrote:

> Second, in 2.7.2.1, after compilation with a command `gcc a.c -o
> a' there were two files left: `a' and `a.exe' (image and stubified
> image, both rather big, second slightly bigger).  Now these two
> files are identical (both are stubified).  Is it intended
> behaviour or simple side effect?
> 
> I must say that these two big files are kind of waste of disk
> space, especially on systems with limited resources, like Novell.
> I know (and appreciate it very much) that `a' file must exists for
> UNIX makefiles compatibility.  

Just use gcc a.c -o a.exe and only one will be generated.

Czesc, SET
 
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