OK IAN HERE IT IS. PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THIS INFO IS DISTRIBUTED WITH THE
LINUX BCX VERSION SO THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW HOW TO USE IT.

Read the top comments on how to use it for linux. The user MUST know how to
create their own Makefile in linux. Use g++, the new gcc has too many things
removed from it and into g++.

Search this bc.bas for "USING_LINUX" to see the changes.

ONLY use console and cgi code - DO NOT USE ANY WINDOWS OR GUI CODE in your
program.

John

Here are examples of actual make files that I used with BCX.
Translated to .CPP file on Windows XP PRO.
NOTE: "virtuflex" was written entirely with BCX and the virtuflex.cpp file
that BCX created was renamed and copied to Slackware linux as "virtuflex.c"
The last makefile in this email is the one I currently use.
(watch line wrap)
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CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/mysql -I. -L./ -L/usr/local/lib/mysql
-lmysqlclient

CC=gpp
CXX=gpp
AR=ar

all:	clean virtuflex

clean:
	rm -f virtuflex

virtuflex:
	gpp virtuflex.c -o virtuflex ${CFLAGS}
	cp virtuflex /cgi-bin/.
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include/mysql -I. -L./ -L/usr/local/lib/mysql
-lmysqlclient

CC=gcc
CXX=gcc
AR=ar

all:	clean cgicell_fx newsparse

clean:	
	rm -f cgicell_fx
	rm -f newsparse
	rm -f /sbin/newsparse

cgicell_fx:
	gcc cgicell_fx.c -o cgicell_fx ${CFLAGS}
	cp cgicell_fx /cgi-bin/.

newsparse:
	gcc newsparse.c -o newsparse ${CFLAGS}	
	cp newsparse /sbin/newsparse
---------------------------------------------------- 
 

----------------------------------------------------
THIS ONE IS THE LATEST THAT I HAVE USED AND FOR THE NEWEST SLACKWARE
CFLAGS=-g -Wall -I/usr/local/mysql/include -I.
CC=g++
AR=ar
RANLIB=ranlib
LIBS=-L./ -lcgic -L/usr/local/mysql/lib -lmysqlclient -lz 

all: clean libcgic.a install virtuflex

clean:
	rm -f virtuflex
	rm -f virtuflex.o
	rm -f libcgic.a

install: libcgic.a
	cp libcgic.a /usr/local/lib
	cp cgic.h /usr/local/include
	@echo libcgic.a is in /usr/local/lib. cgic.h is in
/usr/local/include.

libcgic.a: cgic.o cgic.h
	rm -f libcgic.a
	$(AR) rc libcgic.a cgic.o
	$(RANLIB) libcgic.a

#mingw32 and cygwin users: replace .cgi with .exe

virtuflex: virtuflex.o libcgic.a 
	g++ virtuflex.o -o virtuflex $(LIBS)
	cp virtuflex /cgi-bin/.
	 #g++ virtuflex $(CFLAGS) virtuflex.c $(CFLAGS) $(LIBS)
	 #CFG=/usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql_config
	#sh -c "g++ -o virtuflex `$CFG --cflags` virtuflex.c `$CFG --libs`
-lcgic"
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PS.

Every linux file should START with these lines
$LINUX
'$CPP
$NOWIN



$NOMAIN

The $CPP is uncommented when you compile the app on Windows. The $NOMAIN is
only needed if you already have a main() in your code - of course.

If I recall correctly, $LINUX *must* be the 1st line in the file.

John



NOTE 2:


Ian, please also mention that the word "LINUX" is used in this version of
BCX, but it really means "ANSI C" to be more specific. Same code should run
on MAC's too. Oh, PellesC is needed to make it work. I have not tried other
compilers on Windows. But pellesC is closer to ANSI C than any other I could
find.

An "upgrade" to this concept would be to update the old "C" runtime
functions with their newer counterparts so that VC++ and newer languages
will compile BCX code without warnings of obsolete and unsafe functions
being used.

John