gcc compile problem: error: stray \168 in program

[Tim McDaniel]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2009, Dave Korn <dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com> wrote:
>  Nor do I, but let's see what's in that file: can you show us the
> output you get from running "od -tx1 test.c" on your testcase
> please, and tell us exactly what editor you used.

I personally prefer "od -tx1 -a test.c": it should add ASCII versions
of each character, to make it faster to find particular positions.

> Also, type "od -tx1" at a command line without any filename
> following it, type a quote mark, then press enter, then Ctrl+D, and
> show us what that says.

Being ultra-precise: type
     od -tx1

at a command line, and then press enter.  That will start the "octal
dump" program.  The quote mark (meaning ") and enter is the one line
of input.

-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd@panix.com

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