From: DavMac AT iname DOT com (Davin McCall)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: compiling C++
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 04:25:19 GMT
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The error message seems to pertain to a missing "main" function.
However you obviously *do* have a main() function, which leads be to
think that perhaps there might be something wrong with
"StringUtils.h".

Davin.


On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:36:40 -0600, "Morpheus" <d_a_hall AT yahoo DOT com>
wrote:

>I have just installed djgpp according to all the directions (it seems).
>
>I have a certain module I cannot compile into an executable. It is called
>IniUtils.cpp. Here's a brief rundown of it and it's .h file:
>
>*IniUtils.h*
>#ifndef __INI_UTILS__
>#define __INI_UTILS__
>
>// here's the class and prototypes for the methods.
>
>#endif __INI_UTILS__
>
>*IniUtils.cpp*
>#include <fstream.h>
>#include "StringUtils.h" // defined by me.
>#include "IniUtils.h"
>
>// class methods are defined here
>
>int main() {
>    // do some stuff
>}
>
>I use the following command to compile to an object file:
>
>gcc -c -Wall IniUtils.cpp
>
>with no errors.
>
>Later, I use the following command to compile to an executable:
>
>gxx -o IniUtils.exe IniUtils.o
>
>(sometimes I use gxx -o IniUtils.exe IniUtils.cpp)
>
>I get the following error:
>
>d:/djgpp/lib/crt0.o(.data+0xc2):crt0.s: undefined reference to `main'
>d:/djgpp/lib/libc.a(crt1.o)(.text+0x446):crt1.c: undefined reference to
>`main'
>
>My PATH and DJGPP environment variables are both pointing to the correct
>places on the D: drive.

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