Re: Q: gcc & cpp

[Andy Dougherty <doughera@newton.phys.lafayette.edu>]

On Thu, 16 Oct 1997, Dean C. Sullinger wrote:

> In the first place, thank you everyone for all
> the help.  Sorry if I ask so many questions.
> 
> I have written a basic C program just to try
> out gcc, the source code is:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> main()
> {
> 	printf("This is a test\n");
> }
> 
> When I compiled it I ran:
> 
> gcc test.c -o test
> 
> When I executed the application, it ran
> yet I did not get the "This is a test"
> message to show up on my screen. I have
> read the doc's on gcc.  Am I missing
> something?  I even tried using cpp and
> I get the same results.

You probably got the wrong "test" program.  There's one built into bash
and there's also an (equivalent) one in in /usr/bin/test.
You need to type

	./test

to be sure to run the "test" program in your current directory.

You can use bash's  "type" command to see what's happening:

	$ type test
	test is a shell builtin

Hope this helps,

    Andy Dougherty		doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu
    Dept. of Physics
    Lafayette College, Easton PA 18042


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