an executable that does not run

jgoggel · 07-22-2004, 05:08 PM

Hi there,

Just installed mandrake. Wrote a simple C program.
Compiled it with CC, gcc and others.
Executable a.out is created.
Try to run it from command line and...fails!

Any ideas?

Regards,
Jonathan

jim mcnamara · 07-22-2004, 05:09 PM

try:

Code:

./a.out

The . is the current working directory and has to be part of the PATH variable for something like

Code:

a.out

to work.

arvind_sv · 07-22-2004, 07:54 PM

If what Jim said also fails, try this:

Code:

chmod u+x ./a.out
./a.out

Maybe the executable bit is not set. I doubt that, because gcc normally takes care of that. I think Jim's solution will work.

Arvind