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Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:49:58 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@cygnus.com>
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To: Soulblighter <soulblighter999@yahoo.com>
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Soulblighter wrote:
> 
>   i installed cygwin for window98 successfully
> when i compile test.cc and i got a.exe
> $ a.exe and i got this message
> BASH.EXE: a.exe: command not found
> why can i run a.exe here.

Please don't send messages more than once!

The answer to your question: The current directory isn't in bash's
search path for executables.

Start `a' by typing `./a'. You don't need to type the `.exe'.

Corinna

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Corinna Vinschen
Cygwin Developer
Cygnus Solutions, a Red Hat company

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