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Subject: Re: "Rename failed" compilation error
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> From: "Mark & Pam" <mark_pam AT mploweth DOT freeserve DOT co DOT uk>
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 23:27:02 -0000
> 
> When I compile (using RHIDE or from the DOS command line)
> to works fine (or seems to) but when I try to link and create and
> executable file is fires a 'Rename ------ ------ failed'.  It seems that
> gxx creates an executable code named ????.001 which then gets renamed
> ????.exe.  You would think that this would be an access problem, but the
> file is not write protected.  When I manually (at the DOS prompt) rename
> the executable file from ???.001 to ???.exe it renames it fine, and the
> code executes OK.
[...]
> I'm using Windows ME.

A known issue.  Set LFN=y in the environment, and the problem will go
away (and you gain long file name support as a bonus ;-).