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- From: markgray@postoffice.ptd.net (Mark T. Gray)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Can a Unix compiler be used for dos apps?
- Date: 21 Jan 1996 12:51:46 GMT
- Organization: Entropy
- Message-ID: <4dtct2$hdo@ns2.ptd.net>
- References: <rmhanson.81.30F9A6C2@students.wisc.edu> <DL7G0u.EyH@xvt.com> <4do8gm$bqf@redstone.interpath.net>
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- In article <4do8gm$bqf@redstone.interpath.net>,
- Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems <softbase@mercury.interpath.net> wrote:
- >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.
- >
- >: 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.
- >
- >I know the Xenix compiler I used a couple of years ago was
- >capable of cross-compiling DOS executables.
- >
- >Scott
- >
- You can build gcc under linux to produce binaries compatible with djgpp's
- go32 dos extender.
-