Anukool Lakhina wrote: > After compiling a simple program in C (using gcc), I can't run my a.out. The > error message I get is "a.out: Command not found." But ls tells me that > a.out is there! (and it's permission settings are ok) This is really stupid > (and annoying).What am I doing wrong? Pls help. Thanks. You need to type `./a.out'. Programs are searched for in the list of directories contained in the PATH environment variable. This doesn't normally include the current directory. -- Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>