hello world question

[Ben Jackson]

Because your $PATH does not include the directory you are currently in,
you need to specify the path to the file. 

Try: ./a.out

Which refers to the a.out in the current directory.

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On Sun, 2 Jun 2002, Kalyan Vaidyanathan wrote:

> Hi,
>   Have a very basic question in C.
> * I have installed RH 7.2.
> * I created a file called hello.c which looks like this:
>     #include<stdio.h>
>     main() { printf("Hello World\n"); }
> * To compile and run it, on a terminal window, I typed the following:
>     >gcc hello.c
> * I get no errors and a.out is created
> * I try to run a.out and I get the following error
>    >a.out
>    bash: a.out: command not found
> 
> I am not sure if I have some env setting that is wrong.  Can somebody point 
> me to the right direction?
> thx and regards,
> -k
> 
> 
> 
> 
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