Help in C programming in Linux
 

Hi there.

I just wrote my first C prg in Linux (let's call it sample.c).... How can I compile it?

Thanks.

try this:
it will call the ("gcc") compiler and instruct it ("-o sample") to build the program "sample" from the source code "sample.c".

Hi Patrick. I tried the gcc command you suggested, there are no errors and it built the program called sample. however, when I excute sample from the prompt it tells me that "sample: command not found"... I do not see the object file though, should it create a file called "sample.o"? Thanks.

./sample

if you are in the same directory

Ok, that helped. thanks Dive
 

Ok, that helped. thanks Dive

the reason that you dont see the .o files or all the other stuff usially created with a compiler is that GCC by default ether pipes output between processes or deletes the files afterwards,

if you need the filles for somthing there is an option to keep them

try man gcc for more details

is for just compiling .c files into .o (no linking).

will compile the code if needed and then link it together into the program.
You can give both .c files (that will be compiled) and .o files
(previously compiled) as input for the linking.

Note that the "-o prog" is optional. If you don't specify the name of the output program that is to be created, it will be named "a.out" by default.

I suggest you read up on Makefiles and the "make" command too.