[noob] a.out does not execute?

[noob] a.out does not execute?

[Mark Peskir]

I have made some very small c programs.  They compiled with no errors under 
gcc, and produced an a.out.  However, when I type a.out to run, I get "a.out: 
command not found".  

I am running the latest gcc (4.0.2) on an x86 machine using Mandrake Linux 
10.1 (not Mandriva).  Thank you for helping this Linux beginner!

Re: [noob] a.out does not execute?

[Craig Jeffree]

Hi Mark,

This is most likely because you don't have your current directory in
your PATH variable.  When you execute something your shell searches
through the directories listed in your PATH variable (try "echo $PATH"
to see its contents).

In short run "./a.out" to execute a.out from the current working
directory and read about your PATH in "man bash" (bash is usually the
default shell for linux, however there are others).

Cheers,
Craig.

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 22:12 -0400, Mark Peskir wrote:
> I have made some very small c programs.  They compiled with no errors under 
> gcc, and produced an a.out.  However, when I type a.out to run, I get "a.out: 
> command not found".  
> 
> I am running the latest gcc (4.0.2) on an x86 machine using Mandrake Linux 
> 10.1 (not Mandriva).  Thank you for helping this Linux beginner!

Re: [noob] a.out does not execute?

[robin]

On Wed, 2005-10-05 at 22:12 -0400, Mark Peskir wrote:
> I have made some very small c programs.  They compiled with no errors under 
> gcc, and produced an a.out.  However, when I type a.out to run, I get "a.out: 
> command not found".  
> 
> I am running the latest gcc (4.0.2) on an x86 machine using Mandrake Linux 
> 10.1 (not Mandriva).  Thank you for helping this Linux beginner!
> 

you have to indicate PATH your file resident. 
etc. you could run :
./a.out