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From: Eddy Deegan <eddyd@dreamworld.demon.co.uk>
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On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, yama-ko wrote:

> I can compile programs with C , but I cannot execute them . Why ?
> 
> <For example>
> %gcc sample.c
> %ls
> a.out    sample.c
> %a.out
> a.out : cannot found command
> %
> 

You can, but your path probably doesn't look in the current directory for
them. Type:

% ./a.out

instead of just plain vanilla 'a.out' and it will probably work.

Eddy Deegan.