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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Please help w/ gcc
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19970323183847.0066c668@pop.primenet.com> from Mark Wefer at "Mar 23, 97 11:38:47 am"
To: mwefer@primenet.com (Mark Wefer)
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 15:15:10 -0500 (EST)
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> 
> 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????? 
> 
This is one that gets lots of new U**X users :-).  Try "./test".  The
reason that it is a problem, is that there is a shell builtin that
is also called "test."

John