no. i havent tried that. i was not aware of it. anyhow as i run linux at
home i will try it tonight.

thanx a lot

::akbar


-----Original Message-----
From: Philips [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2001 10:46 AM
To: Akbar Pasha
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: GCC compiling.


Akbar Pasha wrote:
> 
> hi all,
> 
> i am new to linux and i was getting a simple problem when trying to
run
> my programs using GCC. what i did was i wrote a simple program in
Emacs
> and then at the console i did
> 
> "gcc -o hello hello.c"
> 
> and when i type "hello" at the console it says "command not found"
> 
> i also created the usual "a.out" file and tried it, but i get the same
> message.
> 
> can anyone explain why i am getting this?? may b its silly to ask u
> this. but hey, i am a newbie.:)
> 
> i am running RH 7.0 with GNOME and BASH.
> 
> thanx in advance
> 

        have You tried ./hello or ./a.out?
        current directory is excluded from $PATH by default for sake of
security
reasons.

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