On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 02:19:52 -0800, abhivg wrote: > > Hi, > > WRT > > Tell us the precise command that you ran and the precise output that > > you got. We can't guess. > > I am working in a directory 'New Folder' which contains the following files: > - main.cpp //main program > - fittinglib.a //library/archive file > - CurveFittingAPI.h //header file containing the exposed functions from > the library file fittinglib.a > > I ran the following command: > g++ -Wall main.cpp fittinglib.a > > I got the following output: > > C:\test2\New Folder>g++ -Wall main.cpp fittinglib.a > main.cpp:4:20: no include path in which to search for string.h > In file included from main.cpp:5: > CurveFittingAPI.h:15:18: no include path in which to search for vector > In file included from main.cpp:5: Looks like something went wrong when installing the compiler. Are you using MinGW or Cygwin? > > I assume that by "an exe" you mean an executable file (the default > > name on Unix is "a.out", but you can call it anything you like; > > executable files generally have no extension on Unix). g++ will > > generate this by default. For example "g++ hello.cc" will generate > > the executable file "a.out". > > > > I assume that by "an .out file" you mean an object file (on Unix these > > usually have an extension of ".o"). g++ will generate that if you use > > the -c option. See the documentation. > > Yes, by exe I meant an executable file. By a '.out' file, I meant an output > file or UNIX executable file. But, I would like to create an executable file > on Windows(.exe) using g++. Pardon my ignorance, but is that possible er > does it generate only UNIX executable files? Might be it is an exe, but with wrong extension (never tried myself). Anyway, you can use g++ main.cpp -o myProgram.exe to generate executable with an appropriate name. Hope it helps, Peter
