Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 13:20:44 -0600 (CST) From: "Paul T. Root" <proot@horton.iaces.com> To: root@geo.geoaccess.net (root) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199612281920.NAA05753@horton.iaces.com> In-Reply-To: <199612271712.JAA01210@geo.geoaccess.net> from root at "Dec 27, 96 09:12:57 am"
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In a previous message, root said:
>
> Hello
>
> I need urgent help from you!
>
> Recently I purchased FreeBSD Release 2.1.5 and installed on my machine
> for developer package. I tried to run a small program hello.c to print
> on screen.
>
> After editing hello.c and I compile it as as:
> gcc -o hello hello.c
> hello
>
> It supposed to print:
> Hello World!
>
> However, the system responded:
> "Command not found"
>
> I checked file mode hello and it was rwxr_xr_x. It should run. Also
> I made a perl script to rpint "Hello world!".
> I set the script mode as 777 after editing. When I tried to run it, it
> gave me the same error message as before for c program hello.
>
> What do I have to do to run it?
>
> Would you please help me out?
> It would be greatly appreciated.
You have to set your PATH to include .
or run the program as ./hello
CWD is not in your path by default
--
when everyone is out to get you, being paranoid is just good thinking.
--Dr. Johnny Fever
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