Help with C++ Compiling Error

Altmaniac · #1 20-Aug-2007, 10:49

Hey guys I need some help with something. For some reason, my code isn't compiling. The weird thing is, I don't think the code is the problem... I tried putting in different codes, and it had the same error each time. I'm not going to supply the code I'm using, because nothing works, no matter what I put in. This is what the Compile error says every time:

CPP / C++ / C Code:

                                                   |   Permisson denied
                                                   |   Id returned 1 exit status
C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\makefile...  |   [Build Error] [examples.exe] Error 1

And here's the actual compile log:

CPP / C++ / C Code:

Compiler: Default compiler
Building Makefile: "C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win"
Executing  make...
make.exe -f "C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\Makefile.win" all
g++.exe main.o  -o "examples.exe" -L"lib"  

C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\Bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot open output file examples.exe: Permission denied
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

make.exe: *** [examples.exe] Error 1

Execution terminated

So, yeah. If anybody could help me, that would be great. Thanks!

davekw7x · #2 20-Aug-2007, 11:10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altmaniac

Code:

C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\Bin\..\lib\gcc\mingw32\3.4.2\..\..\..\..\mingw32\bin\ld.exe: cannot open output file examples.exe: Permission denied
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

Perhaps there is an "examples.exe" that is already running? If you don't think so, you could open the Windows task manager (ctrl-alt-del) and click on the "Processes" tab. See if there is an image named "examples.exe".

Regards,

Dave

Altmaniac · #3 20-Aug-2007, 13:01

No, there's nothing else running. Thanks for trying, but that's not it. But what does this mean?:

CPP / C++ / C Code:

 |   Permisson denied
                                                   |   Id returned 1 exit status
C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\makefile...  |   [Build Error] [examples.exe] Error 1

Permission Denied? I think that has something to do with it.

davekw7x · #4 20-Aug-2007, 13:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altmaniac

No, there's nothing else running.

Huh? Nothing. Oh, well...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Altmaniac

Thanks for trying, but that's not it. But what does this mean?:

CPP / C++ / C Code:

 |   Permisson denied
                                                   |   Id returned 1 exit status
C:\Program Files\Dev-Cpp\makefile...  |   [Build Error] [examples.exe] Error 1

Permission Denied? I think that has something to do with it.

That is a result of the previous error that you showed:

Code:

cannot open output file examples.exe: Permission denied

Since you say that there is no process named "examples.exe" running, maybe the file, somehow, attained a read-only status. Or some such thing.

Here is what I would do:

Close the project. Quit out of dev-cpp.

Get back into dev-cpp.

Start a new project somewhere other than C:\Program Files....

For example, create a new directory, say c:\dev_cpp_projects. Then create your new project in that directory.

Copy the source code into the new project main.cpp file (or whatever).

Try again.

Regards,

Dave

Couling · #5 21-Aug-2007, 06:25

The error you're getting is from the actual c++ compiler (g++). What its telling you is that it can't create a file (in this case "examples.exe"). This can happen for a couple of reasons. The first thing to do is to work out where "examples.exe" is supposed to appear once compiled. This may be in the project settings of dev-c++, but I'm not sure as I havn't used that IDE in a couple of years.

Once you know where the compiler is trying to put it, then makesure that location actually exists. g++ WON'T create a folder. If memory serves, then it may be trying to put the EXE in a "debug" folder within the main project folder. Also make sure that this folder isnt read-only and delete any existing copys of "examples.exe" just to be on the safe side.

Hope this helps

Couling · #6 21-Aug-2007, 06:29

g++ can't make folders (directorys).

Make sure that the target location exists (ie: check that the folder that examples.exe is supposed to appear in is there).

Also check that this folder and the folders it's in etc. are NOT read only.

Perhapse delete any existing copy of "examples.exe". just in case.

hope this helps.

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