Date: Sun, 1 Jun 1997 00:51:17 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net> To: andrejs@crl.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: a.out programs are not executable! cant run any programs.. Message-ID: <199706010551.AAA00168@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <3390380B.6A28@crl.com> from Andrejs Vanags at "May 31, 97 09:40:04 am"
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> Hi, I just bought FreeBsd 2.2.1 from Walnut Creek Cdrom. > > I installed it and even recomplied the kernel with no problems. > However if I try to compile a simple hello.c program with gcc, the > result is a.out. If I type a.out it says command not found. If I say > file a.out it says it is a: > BSD/i386 compact demand paged dynamically linked executable not > stripped. If I do file gcc it says the same but without the not stripped > part, so I recompiled gcc -s hello.c, got a.out and still doesnt work. > Of course, you will likely have to type "./a.out". The other trick is to be careful about naming your program "test". The shell often uses that as a builtin command name :-). That one still gets me once in a while :-). John
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