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Problem linking assembly program with C lib.

I am trying to link my simple program to the C library, here is the code:

example.asm

Code:

segment .data

        asdf db "Hello, world!",0

        format db "%s\n",0



segment .text

    global _start

    extern printf



_start:

    mov eax,asdf

    push eax

    mov eax,format

    push eax

    call printf



    mov ebx,0

    mov eax,1

    int 0x80

Then I compile and link with:

Code:

nasm -f elf example.asm

ld -s -o example example.o -lc

Then when I try to run it:

Code:

./example

It tells me:

bash: ./example: No such file or directory

If I omit the printf call, and don't link with the C library (don't include the -lc) then it runs it fine. Can anyone tell me what is wrong?

Nevermind, I got it. The C library uses it's own entry point for your program. I guess the C library has to do some stuff first (and some stuff afterwards). It then calls your programs main. So, instead of _start, it's main. And I shouldn't have used linux's exit system call, but just return instead. The C library flushes the buffers and frees the files and whatnot. Example:
new_example.asm

Code:

extern printf

section .data

        asdf db "Hello, world!",0

        format db "%s",0xa,0



section .text

    global main



main:

    push dword asdf

    push dword format

    call printf

    add esp,8



    xor eax,eax

    ret

Then instead of using ld, I just used gcc..

gcc -o new_example new_example.o