Thread: gcc -c error

Hi.

Im having some trouble creating some object files using the c flag for gcc

fred.c

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

void fred(int arg)
{
    printf(“fred: you passed %d\n”, arg);
}

bill.c

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

void bill(char *arg)
{
    printf(“bill: you passed %s\n”, arg);
}

Code:

$gcc -c fred.c - fred.c bill.c
fred.c: In function ‘fred’:
fred.c:5: error: stray ‘\342’ in program
fred.c:5: error: stray ‘\200’ in program
fred.c:5: error: stray ‘\234’ in program
fred.c:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘:’ token
fred.c:5: error: stray ‘\’ in program
fred.c:5: error: stray ‘\342’ in program
fred.c:5: error: stray ‘\200’ in program
fred.c:5: error: stray ‘\235’ in program
fred.c:5: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘printf’ from incompatible pointer type
bill.c: In function ‘bill’:
bill.c:5: error: stray ‘\342’ in program
bill.c:5: error: stray ‘\200’ in program
bill.c:5: error: stray ‘\234’ in program
bill.c:5: error: expected ‘)’ before ‘:’ token
bill.c:5: error: stray ‘\’ in program
bill.c:5: error: stray ‘\342’ in program
bill.c:5: error: stray ‘\200’ in program
bill.c:5: error: stray ‘\235’ in program
bill.c:5: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘printf’ from incompatible pointer type

Google is of no help on this one. It should create fred.o and bill.o. Strange.

Any ideas?

OK, that was really annoying. Right after I posted that I noticed the double quotes looked wierd. So I edited fred.c and bill.c and replaced them with normal double quotes and voila! Personally, I don't see how there can be an alternative double quote but there you have it.

Code:

$ gcc -c bill.c fred.c
$ ls *.o
bill.o fred.o

swish

Haha ok. I copied it over from a pdf file, which explains everything really.