From: slanning AT buphy DOT bu DOT edu (Scott Lanning)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: a weird (stupid) thing with djgpp - question
Date: 1 Dec 1998 04:13:00 GMT
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Daniel Marques (djm7195 AT no DOT spam DOT is4 DOT nyu DOT edu) wrote:
: and accidentally type
: gxx -o File.cpp

: not only does djgpp respond with a message telling me something along the
: line of undefined reference to main
: BUT IT ERASES THE FILE!!!!!
[snip]
: is there anyway to get around it (besides typing more carefully)?

1) RHIDE
2) shell script / make file
3) alias gxx='gxx -c'
4) make backups (Emacs does it automagically)
5) never rely on a.out
6) drink more/less coffee  8 }
7) friends don't let friends type drunk