From: "Nite Hawk" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: I'm a newbie to C/C++ Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 23:10:27 -0500 Organization: Frontier GlobalCenter Inc. Lines: 49 Message-ID: <82pudk$gma$1@node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net> References: <82pppc$mj8$1 AT node17 DOT cwnet DOT frontiernet DOT net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 208.48.62.133 X-Trace: node17.cwnet.frontiernet.net 944798964 17098 208.48.62.133 (10 Dec 1999 04:09:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse AT frontiernet DOT net NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 Dec 1999 04:09:24 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Ok, Ok, go ahead, laugh at me. feel those sides just splitting wide open? I hope so :P I thought it was soemthing like that but I wasn't sure how it worked. thanks for help. Damian Yerrick wrote in message news:N5_34.1023$6_3 DOT 33693 AT dfiatx1-snr1 DOT gtei DOT net... > "Nite Hawk" wrote: > > How new am I? > > How do i get to the C++ compiler? > > is it gcc.exe? > > I typed gcc.exe and it said, > > gcc.exe: no input file! (or something like that). > > You told it "Compile a C program" without telling it which > program to compile! > > The syntax for compiling a simple C++ program is > gxx hello.cpp -o hello.exe > ("C++compile hello.c and-make-an-exe-called hello.exe") > > Read the README.1ST file for more information; then > Read Me Third: > http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/minifaq.txt > > Then, if you still have problems, you may find a solution > in the official DJGPP FAQ list: > http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/ > > > -- > Damian Yerrick http://yerricde.tripod.com/ > My .sig is too long to include in an e-mail or NG message. > Go to http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~yerricde/sig.html to see it. > > > > > > > > > > > and now you must pay... > >