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    install borland

    Hi. I'm trying to run the Borland c++ compiler from my DOS command line, but I keep getting the statement that bcc32 is not recognized as internal/external command or operable program or batch file. I think that it is the way that I changed the "path" setting on My Computer/Properties/Advanced/Environment Variables. I'm sure someone knows what's going on. --Thanks

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    The PATH environment variable must point to {Borland-install-dir}\bin
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    On a side note, make sure you have your bcc32.cfg file set up in the bin directory as well. This is how bcc32 locates the include and lib files.. You may have figured this out by reading the readme included, but sometimes people forget.
    Sample contents:
    -I"c:\borland\BCC55\include"
    -L"c:\borland\BCC55\lib"

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    In the "variable value" box it has to have the full path to the "bin" subdirectory of the directory where you installed the compiler.
    For example, if you installed it in C:\borland, you should enter:
    C:\borland\bcc55\bin
    If there are already other entries for path, be careful not to erase them. Just put a semicolon ; after the last entry (if there isn't one there already) and add C:\borland\bcc55\bin after that.
    If you installed the compiler in a different drive/directory, change this entry accordingly.

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    Cool, I actually wrote a batch file to specify the include and library paths explicitly...

    But I didn't use it for long, so it didn't really matter.
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    When I pasted the new path into the environment variables, I did paste over the old path. Any ideas what it could have been so that I could replace it by adding with a semicolon?

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    Hahaha... A buddy of mine just did the same thing on a win2k box...

    The path is dependent on your machine. Different programs you have installed may have altered it.. I'm sure there are some directories that are shared across multiple windows boxes, but as far as reproducing the identical path you had once upon a time, it's not going to happen...

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    Do you know how to get bcc32 to run from th command line?

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    Hehe.. That's the only way I use borland (I only have the free command line tools).. just type "bcc32" followed by your source files (.cpp's and .lib's etc). This is assuming that you have the borland/bin directory in your PATH of course.

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    The "path" in my environmental variables is
    c:\BORLAND\BCC55\BIN
    but when I type say bcc32 hello.cpp at the command prompt I get
    "bcc32 is not an internal/external command or operable program file or batch file."

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    This is OT for this forum, it's also been covered before:
    http://cboard.cprogramming.com/showt...threadid=31181
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