From: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com (Earnie Boyd) Subject: Re: beginner's problem 3 Jul 1998 19:51:03 -0700 Message-ID: <19980703121257.14661.rocketmail.cygnus.gnu-win32@send1a.yahoomail.com> Reply-To: earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: Don McKenzie , gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com As for the problem with bash, you don't have a `.' in your PATH variable so that it doesn't search your current directory. Therefore, you need to include a `./' in front of the command, ie: ./a As for the problem with DOS, it is likely you have an error that is occuring before it gets to the prompt. ---Don McKenzie wrote: > > Sorry for the simple question, but: > > I have installed beta 19.1 on an NT machine (FAT file system), am > running bash, and tried compiling a simple program from the command > line with gcc. When I try to run the resulting "a.exe" from the command > line, the error > message "a:(or a.exe) command not found" appears. When running from > the Windows start menu/run, a DOS window appears and immediately > disappears, even though the program prompts for user input. > > I must be missing something really obvious, but what? (I have lots > of experience compiling and running programs on a sparc). > > Thanks much. > You're welcome, == - \\||// ---o0O0--Earnie--0O0o---- --earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com-- ------ooo0O--O0ooo------- _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".