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From: bengsig@orcenl.uucp (Bjorn Engsig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: cc design flaw
Summary: don't try to change it
Message-ID: <186.nlunix6@orcenl.uucp>
Date: 11 Nov 88 08:38:01 GMT
References: <4700028@m.cs.uiuc.edu>
Organization: ORACLE Europe, The Netherlands
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In article <4700028@m.cs.uiuc.edu>, wsmith@m.cs.uiuc.edu writes about the
Berkeley cc:
> 
> 
> cc -c File/afile.c
> 
> will leave the .o file at ./afile.o
> 
Yes, this is the case for ALL cc's, and it should NOT be changed since
lotsalotsalotsa makefiles would break then.
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