Message-Id: Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" Organization: INTI To: mteagard AT indiana DOT edu (Mark Alan Teagarden), djgpp AT delorie DOT com Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 15:47:19 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Unzipping problem?? In-reply-to: <6l1caf$t$1@jetsam.uits.indiana.edu> Precedence: bulk mteagard AT indiana DOT edu (Mark Alan Teagarden) wrote: > I'm trying to install DJGPP on a 486-33 running Dos 6.0 at work. I told > the zip picker my requirements and it chose the appropriate files. > The problem was in unzipping gpp281b.zip. I keep getting an error > message saying "can't create g++.exe". I have thought about renaming the > file, zipping it, then unzipping and renaming it, but eventually I'm > going to need to rename it back to g++.exe, and the rename command will > not accept ++ as part of a valid filename, it comes back with "too many > parameters" Forget about g++.exe, use gpp.exe instead. > Is there any way to get around this problem? I cannot compile any C++ > programs because RHIDE always gives me a 'bad command or file name' when > I try to compile; obviously it cannot find g++.exe. How can I get around > this problem? I think you have another problem. Is %DJDIR%/bin in your path? Is DJGPP enviroment variable defined? > NOTE: I have already consulted the DJGPP mail archives, which won't even > accept g++ as a keyword, and the FAQ made no mention of this problem. Because 2.8.1 was released after the FAQ ;-) > I read something implying that files with "++" in the name are for UNIX > systems, but I specifically told zip picker that I was using MS-DOS. > I realize that this is primarily a DOS problem, but I wondered if other > DJGPP users had ever encountered it, thus the cross-posting. The file is for Windows 9x users and is the same as gpp.exe. SET ------------------------------------ 0 -------------------------------- Visit my home page: http://set-soft.home.ml.org/ or http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Vista/6552/ Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET). (Electronics Engineer) Alternative e-mail: set-soft AT usa DOT net set AT computer DOT org ICQ: 2951574 Address: Curapaligue 2124, Caseros, 3 de Febrero Buenos Aires, (1678), ARGENTINA TE: +(541) 759 0013