Re: [Mingw-users] g++ accepting cl parameters

[Greg C. <chi...@co...>]

On 2005-01-21 10:30 AM, Foster, Gareth wrote:
> 
> $ g++ myfile.cpp
> Error, no files provided (or something to that effect)

I remember seeing something like this years ago, though I
think it was with cpp (but now the preprocessor and the
compiler have merged into one program). I remember that
googling for the exact diagnostic message helped. But
that's all I remember about it, sorry.

On 2005-01-21 05:29 AM, Foster, Gareth wrote:
 >
 > The history here is that I've install mingw, msys and the mdtk. I then
 > extracted the gcc and g++ binaries into my mingw tree using winrar.

Here are a couple of cautions; I don't know whether they
apply to you:

the 'warning' here:
   http://mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/Install%20MinGW

the 'winzip' problem here might apply to 'winrar' too--I don't know:
   http://mingw.org/MinGWiki/index.php/MinGWCautions