[SOLVED] How to run a C program on terminal

krapykreme · 02-11-2016, 10:57 AM

Hi guys,

So for my assignment, I have to write a shell in C and include functions such as cd,pwd and exit, among others. my question now is how do I run my program? I did gcc -std=c99 myShell.C, (-std=c99 flag, because it did not agree to initialize a variable in a for loop) and it compiles with warnings. So now, I would like to test and see if my functions work, but I have no idea how to do that. Thanks in advance.

suicidaleggroll · 02-11-2016, 11:08 AM

Since you didn't provide an output filename with the -o flag, it compiled your code into the default executable name "a.out". If you run "ls", you should see it sitting there in the same directory where you ran your gcc command. You can execute it with "./a.out".

krapykreme · 02-11-2016, 11:12 AM

works like a charm! thanks a billion bud!