• Andrew Bell (7/7) Feb 19 2007 Hi,
• Frits van Bommel (15/20) Feb 19 2007 ---
• Walter Bright (3/6) Feb 19 2007 No, the Linux DMD works with gcc.

Andrew Bell <andrew.bell.ia gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

What is in the "dm" directory that is part of the "dmd.zip" file
that contains the dmd compiler and such.  Is it needed on a linux
system?

Thanks,

-- Andrew Bell
andrew.bell.ia gmail.com

Frits van Bommel <fvbommel REMwOVExCAPSs.nl> writes:

Andrew Bell wrote:
 Hi,
 
 What is in the "dm" directory that is part of the "dmd.zip" file
 that contains the dmd compiler and such.  Is it needed on a linux
 system?

---
urxae urxae:~/opt/dm$ file `find`
.:              directory
./bin:          directory
./bin/lib.exe:  MS-DOS executable PE  for MS Windows (console) Intel 
80386 32-bit
./bin/make.exe: MS-DOS executable PE  for MS Windows (console) Intel 
80386 32-bit
./lib:          directory
./lib/snn.lib:  Microsoft Visual C library
---

So it contains two Windows executables and a MSVC library.
I'd guess nothing on Linux really need those, unless you plan on 
cross-compiling (perhaps with Wine?)...

Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

Andrew Bell wrote:
 What is in the "dm" directory that is part of the "dmd.zip" file
 that contains the dmd compiler and such.

Handy files from the Digital Mars C++ distribution needed by Windows DMD.

 Is it needed on a linux system?

No, the Linux DMD works with gcc.