Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 15:49:50 +0300
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Subject: Re: gpp & Option -A : Usage and Compilation
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> From: Alex Vinokur <alexvn AT bigfoot DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:06:20 +0200
> 
> Option -A :
> -A<question> (<answer>)   Assert the <answer> to <question>
> 
> 1. What is option -A used for?
>    Any sample?

It's in the GCC docs, type "info gcc Invoking Preprocessor" from the
shell prompt, and read there.

> 2. Ho to compile with that option?
> 
> Here is what I have got :
> 
> %gpp -A"abc" main.c
> *Initialization*:1: missing token-sequence in `#assert'
> 
> 
> %gpp -Aabc main.c
> *Initialization*:1: missing token-sequence in `#assert'

Try "gpp Asystem=msdos main.c".