Help compiling C program

Question

Hi I have the following program. When I compile on the terminal gcc main.c I do get an executable named a.out. However if I type a.out in the terminal I get the following message: a.out: command not found

Any ideas on what I might be doing wrong?

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

#define PROMPT "print something"
/*
 * 
 */
int main() {

    printf("CS-xxx Assignment x, xxxxx\n");

    printf(PROMPT);

    return (EXIT_SUCCESS);

}

Answer 1

Assuming you use a Unix-based system, usually "." is not in the path: So, try ./a.out

Answer 2

You might not have "." (current directory) in your PATH environment variable.

Try running "./a.out" or add "." to your PATH.

Answer 3

Try using

./a.out

Most Linux systems will not look in the current directory for executables, so you need to tell it to look in the current directory.

Answer 4

Use

./a.out

You must run program specifying current directory.

Answer 5

Just type ./a.out and things should work. The issue is without ./ the shell thinks you are typing in a command.