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From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
To: Mark Wefer <mwefer@primenet.com>
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Subject: Re: Please help w/ gcc
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On Sun, 23 Mar 1997, Mark Wefer wrote:

> Hello - I've just installed 2.1.7 w/ the novice / developers setup
> and am having a little tbl getting gcc to work. (???)
> 
> My source file - test.c - is:
> 
> #include <stdio.h>
> main()
> {
>    printf("FreeBSD Rules......\n");
>    return 0;
> }
> 
> When I run the command: "gcc -o test test.c" it seems to complete
> ok, I don't see any errors or anything, and it makes a file called
> "test".
> 
> When I try to execute the "test" file it just returns to my prompt.
> 
> Could someone please help????? 

Very simple.  You are running /bin/test.  To run your program, try
"./test".
 
> Thanks, Mark.
> 
> 



 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems."