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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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To: bruce_perryman@ibi.com (bruce perryman)
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 09:47:08 -0500 (EST)
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> 
>      Hey out there! Ready for a dumb question?
> 
>      I compile a simple c program with cc and get the resulting a.out or
>      a.o.  But I can't run it! What's the problem?
> 
Your path most likely does not contain ".".  I suggest trying to run
your program like:

	./a.out

Note that a.o won't run.  You want to compile your program like:

	cc -O -g -o foo foo.c

This will optimize your program, make it so it can be debugged
easily, and also produce a binary called "foo".  You would run
it using:

	./foo

John