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- From: softbase@mercury.interpath.net (Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Can a Unix compiler be used for dos apps?
- Date: 19 Jan 1996 14:06:14 GMT
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- Bruce A. Yelen (bruce@xvt.com) wrote:
- : >the question is there anyway I can use my unix box to run a compiler that
- : >would create dos executables? Then just ftp the programs to my home.
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- : DOS executables have a different format than UNIX. In theory, you could
- : compile and link code on Unix to run under DOS but you would need a compiler
- : specificaly for that purpose. I don't know of any myself.
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- I know the Xenix compiler I used a couple of years ago was
- capable of cross-compiling DOS executables.
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- Scott
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