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From: urban@cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: cpp gone in 4.0 (Was: cpp vs. m4 for .s files)
Message-ID: <1991May6.162351.1521@cbnewsl.att.com>
Date: 6 May 91 16:23:51 GMT
References: <16031@smoke.brl.mil> <1991May3.012859.14305@NCoast.ORG> <May.3.17.53.56.1991.10927@romulus.rutgers.edu>
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In article <May.3.17.53.56.1991.10927@romulus.rutgers.edu> plona@romulus.rutgers.edu (Lawrence Plona) writes:
>Although this has nothing to do with which is the better pre-processor,
>the 3.2 man page for cpp says not to use it because cpp is part of cc
>and is subject to change without notice. The cpp man page does not
>appear in the 4.0 documentation.

This is because cpp is completely gone for UNIX System V Release 4.0.  The
C Pre Processor is now built into cc - no longer a separate command.  Run cc -P
to run just the preprocessor part of cc.


Sincerely,
John Urban