Linux-like GCC compiler for WIndows?

[adam.kleinbaum]

Hi there,

I'm a grad student working on my university's Linux system, connecting
via the network and using the GCC compiler. My C programs take
advantage of Linux's < and > operators to read stdin from a file and
write stdout to a file, as well as to read from a 2nd file that the
program takes as an argument. So a typical program gets executed like
this: "./prog infile <stdinfile >stdoutfile". (BTW, I'm not sure this
is considered good programming practice, but I do it anyway, so please
don't yell at me over this one...)

I'm looking for a way to run these programs when I'm offline. Does
anyone know a Windows (XP) version of the GCC compiler that allows me
to specify a file for stdin and hopefully also for stdout? Thanks so
much,

Adam

 

[Matthew Hicks]

You can do the same thing in the windows command prompt (i.e. app.exe < infile.txt

outfile.txt).

---Matthew Hicks

 

[bwray314]

Hi there,

I'm a grad student working on my university's Linux system, connecting
via the network and using the GCC compiler. My C programs take
advantage of Linux's < and > operators to read stdin from a file and
write stdout to a file, as well as to read from a 2nd file that the
program takes as an argument. So a typical program gets executed like
this: "./prog infile <stdinfile >stdoutfile". (BTW, I'm not sure this
is considered good programming practice, but I do it anyway, so please
don't yell at me over this one...)

I'm looking for a way to run these programs when I'm offline. Does
anyone know a Windows (XP) version of the GCC compiler that allows me
to specify a file for stdin and hopefully also for stdout? Thanks so
much,

Adam

<OT>
You're looking for Cygwin.

http://www.cygwin.com/

It's essentially a Unix-like environment for Windows users. You can
get your shell of choice and the GNU set of tools (gcc, gdb, etc).
Takes up a few hundred megabytes of disk space, but quite handy for
Windows people who desire some sort of Unix-like environment.
</OT>

 

[user923005]

Hi there,

I'm a grad student working on my university's Linux system, connecting
via the network and using the GCC compiler. My C programs take
advantage of Linux's < and > operators to read stdin from a file and
write stdout to a file, as well as to read from a 2nd file that the
program takes as an argument. So a typical program gets executed like
this: "./prog infile <stdinfile >stdoutfile". (BTW, I'm not sure this
is considered good programming practice, but I do it anyway, so please
don't yell at me over this one...)

I'm looking for a way to run these programs when I'm offline. Does
anyone know a Windows (XP) version of the GCC compiler that allows me
to specify a file for stdin and hopefully also for stdout? Thanks so
much,

Your question is not a C question. Questions about tools are off-
topic.

BTW:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=2435
Tragically, Mingw's distribution has a stone-age gcc/g++, so I use
this one:
http://www.thisiscool.com/gcc_mingw.htm

 

[Mark McIntyre]

I'm looking for a way to run these programs when I'm offline. Does
anyone know a Windows (XP) version of the GCC compiler

whats wrong with gcc for windows? STFW....

that allows me
to specify a file for stdin and hopefully also for stdout?

You can do that with any command-line application. You can build those
just as easily with VisualC or BorlandC as with gcc.
--
Mark McIntyre

"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,
by definition, not smart enough to debug it."
--Brian Kernighan

 

[CBFalconer]

I'm a grad student working on my university's Linux system, connecting
via the network and using the GCC compiler. My C programs take
advantage of Linux's < and > operators to read stdin from a file and
write stdout to a file, as well as to read from a 2nd file that the
program takes as an argument. So a typical program gets executed like
this: "./prog infile <stdinfile >stdoutfile". (BTW, I'm not sure this
is considered good programming practice, but I do it anyway, so please
don't yell at me over this one...)

I'm looking for a way to run these programs when I'm offline. Does
anyone know a Windows (XP) version of the GCC compiler that allows me
to specify a file for stdin and hopefully also for stdout? Thanks so
much,

Why do you need anything? Just run the programs from a command
line prompt window. Gcc is available everywhere, one Windoze
incidence is via DJGPP.

 

[adam.kleinbaum]

Cygwin looks like the one for me. Thanks everyone!

Adam