G++

[AntiVirus]

I am doing it at home. :P

I am just doing what my professor told me to do.  No need to argue, he probably has it set up like that because of the way the files are accepted or something to that nature.

[iago]

I am doing it at home. :P

I am just doing what my professor told me to do.  No need to argue, he probably has it set up like that because of the way the files are accepted or something to that nature.

No, he's likely doing it because you're new to it and he doesn't want to confuse you, so the "do it exactly like this"-style of thing is more useful.  Once you do it for awhile, you should start to figure out what the different flags do, why you're doing it that way, etc.  But all in time..

[AntiVirus]

Yes.. All in time.

[MyndFyre]

Hrmmm.. Now I feel dumb, but how do I open a .tar file?  And does G++ have an IDE version?  Does any of that make sense?

I feel so stupid. :(

WinZip will open a .tar file as well as .tar.gz and I believe .tar.bz2 files.

[AntiVirus]

Alright, cool.  That'll help me in the future. ^^

Danke, Myndfyre.

[Sidoh]

Just use WinRar. :-\

[iago]

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Hrmmm.. Now I feel dumb, but how do I open a .tar file?  And does G++ have an IDE version?  Does any of that make sense?

I feel so stupid. :(

WinZip will open a .tar file as well as .tar.gz and I believe .tar.bz2 files.

Last time I checked, WinZip didn't auto-associate with .tar files, so I just assumed it didn't recognize them.  Maybe that was a mistake. 

[Sidoh]

I've never opened a bzip2 or gzip file with winzip, so I wouldn't have guessed that either.  I like WinRar quite a bit more anyway.

[Rule]

re: long "g++ command"...

Make a C/C++ program to do it for you :)

Something like...

clink.c

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#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>

void usage();

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  char *flags = "-W -Wall -s -pedantic-errors";
  char compilecommand[150]="\0";

  if (argc != 3)  usage();
 
  else
  {
    snprintf(compilecommand, 149, "g++ %s %s -o %s", flags, argv[1], argv[2]);
    system(compilecommand);
  }

  return 0;
}

void usage()
{
  fprintf(stderr, "Usage: ./clink [source file] [desired name of executable]\n");
  fprintf(stderr, "Example: ./clink testprog.c testworked\n");
  fprintf(stderr, "Warning: If the combined lengths of the source file and executable are too long,
           compilation and linking will not be successful\n");
} 


Where I am (today), I don't have easy access to a C compiler or the time to access one.  So, that code might have bugs (I wrote it in 90 seconds, and I didn't test it)!  If so, treat it as a debugging exercise, but I hope it's bug free and makes your life easier. :)

Of course, writing a makefile would ordinarily make more sense, but this is a good way to practice C.

Edit: To compile clink.c, try something like

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gcc -ansi -pedantic -Wall clink.c -o clink


To give yourself permission to execute clink,

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chmod u+x clink


Also, you're lucky to be learning C++ and not Java as a first language!

[Newby]

Just write a really simple shell script program to do it for you. I mean, that's nice for practicing his C and all, but he'll have plenty of time to learn C. :)

newby@impaler:~/programming$ cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
        printf("Hello, world!\n");
        return 0;
}
newby@impaler:~/programming$ ./clink.sh test.c outputfile
newby@impaler:~/programming$ ./outputfile
Hello, world!

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newby@impaler:~/programming$ cat clink.sh
#!/bin/sh

FLAGS='-W -Wall -s -pedantic-errors'

if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
        echo 1>&2 "Usage: $0 [source file] [desired executable of name]"
        echo 1>&2 "Example: ./$0 testprog.c testworked"
        echo 1>&2 "Warning: If the combined lengths of the source file and executable are too long, compilation and linking will not be successful"
else
        gcc $FLAGS $1 -o $2
fi

[Explicit]

I think you guys may be over-complicating things, at least for now.

[Ender]

Not really. It's a good practice in programming to automate the building process. Although, all of you should keep in mind that he's on Windows (or at least I thought he was!)

[AntiVirus]

If you are talking about me, then yes, I am on Windows. :P

I don't have *nix on my laptop yet, but I do have to telnet over to a UNIX server to submit my homework and compile my program.

[Sidoh]

... telnet?  surely you mean ssh? :(

[Rule]

It could be telnet :P.  Makes me sentimental for a time that has long passed. :'(