From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: falconer@best.com (Edward A. Falk) To: help-gcc@gnu.org Subject: Re: Simple problem Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 22:24:00 -0000 Message-ID: <3846c940$0$213@nntp1.ba.best.com> References: <810op7$9n83@imsp212.netvigator.com> X-SW-Source: 1999-12n/msg00032.html Message-ID: <19991231222400.tUnGrnv1HkKhWXzZaiG98U_XrCJoIcMJlBXqKI41hEg@z> In article , Matt Alderson wrote: >Simple solution: chmod u+x a.out I doubt this will work. If the program compiled ok, a.out should already be executable. Someone else suggested that "." was not in the user's path. I think this is more likely. Note: allowing the linker to call your program "a.out" is silly. You should give the "-o executablename" arguments to the linker and do it right. -- -ed falk, falk@falconer.vip.best.com *********************#*************# See http://www.rahul.net/falk/whatToDo.html *#**************F******!******!*!!** and read 12 Simple Things You Can Do ********!*************************** to Save the Internet #****#******#*********!**WW*W**W