Problems running C with gcc!!

jacksmash · 11-02-2003, 07:16 PM

Hi,

I'm tring to run a simple C program under RedHat Linux 9.0.
I have a program which I've called "sqaure.c"
If I compile it using gcc,
ie. "gcc square.c"
I then get the a.out file. But if I try to run it by typing "a.out" I just get "command not found".

I'm just starting to learn C, so I may be overlooking something simple here, but please help if you can!

Thanks

jhorvath · 11-02-2003, 07:21 PM

try typing `./a.out` (assuming your in the current directory of the 'a.out' file...)
secondly, you can tell gcc what to output by using the '-o' switch....

`gcc -o square square.c`

and run that with `./square` (once again , assuming your in the directory that the 'square' file is in)

jacksmash · 11-02-2003, 07:23 PM

Thanks a bunch!