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From: traub@rtf.bt.co.uk (Michael Traub)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: DOS gcc (dj1bin) problems
Message-ID: <1991Feb27.093243.5606@rtf.bt.co.uk>
Date: 27 Feb 91 09:32:43 GMT
References: <1991Feb21.195421.15820@cs.UAlberta.CA> <veit.667235355@du9ds3>
Organization: British Telecom Customer Systems, Brighton, UK
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In <1991Feb21.195421.15820@cs.UAlberta.CA> wong@scapa.cs.UAlberta.CA (Brian Wong) writes:


>Hi, I recently download dj1bin (36 parts) from
>c.b.i.p. I have 2 questions:

>1. I use 'gcc c.c' on my 386 with DOS 4.01 and the compiler
>   comes up with the error message:

>   d:\gcc\cpp: d:\/ccAA_AAA.cpp: access denied

>   What can I do to fix this?

Most likely you have your TMP environment variable set to d:\. This hurts
gcc in two ways:

1.	It prefers unix style slashes,
2.	It seems to add a slash to the front of temporary filenames (not entirely
	sure about this as I don't have the sources)

So to solve this problem:

	Set TMP=d:

should do the trick.

Don't try setting GCCTMP as TMP over-rides this (even though the docs indicate
otherwise). Setting TMP to d: shouldn't break any of your DOS software either.


Michael Traub
BT Customer Systems, Brighton Systems Centre. traub@rtf.bt.co.uk