----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Lance Taylor" <ian@xxxxxxxx> To: "Erik Leunissen" <e.leunissen@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: reading from stdin Date: 02 Sep 2005 09:39:25 -0700 > > Erik Leunissen <e.leunissen@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > I would like to compile C code by feeding it to gcc (or cc) from > > stdin, instead of specifying an input file. What I want would result > > in a command line like: > > > > echo "ThisWouldNeedToBeCcode" | gcc -o out.o > > In gcc 4 you can do this: > echo 'int main() { printf ("Hello, world\n"); }' | gcc -xc - -o out > > The '-' tells gcc to read stdin. The '-xc' tells gcc that the input > is in C (rather than, say, C++). > > Ian I can do that in 3.4.4-1 on cygwin of regular pc -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10