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Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:59:00 -0500
To: "Emerson" <woailvzi AT yahoo DOT com DOT cn>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: Larry Hall <lh-no-personal-replies-please AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: Re: newbie question about using gcc in cygwin
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At 02:42 AM 1/7/2005, you wrote:
>Hi all:
> I want to know how to compile a program in cygwin using gcc.
> Here is my instance:
>             1>I install cygwin in c:/cygwin
>             2>I wrote a piece of code named test.c in E:/prog/test/test.c.
>              AND suppose the program just printf "hello".
>
>             How can i compile and link my code using gcc ? Should i give 
>the absolute path of my program       (E:/prog/test/test.c.) when using gcc?
>             And another problem is where the "hello " is printf? Is it in 
>the windows console or "cygwin console"(i don't know whether it is 
>appropriate name )?
>              Thank you for your patience.



These are actually more generally questions about how to use 'gcc', which 
you should be able to get from documentation about 'gcc'.  I'd suggest
<http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/>.  Since these are really general 'gcc'
questions, they are really off-topic.  However, the question about where
the output will occur may be a grey area. ;-)  The "console" in Windows is
generally the window in which you can type commands.  The most well-known 
program of this kind is the "DOS box", called cmd.exe on NT-based 
platforms and command.com on 9x-based platforms.  The Cygwin shells, bash,
ash/sh, tcsh, zsh, etc run in a "DOS box".  But Cygwin programs can run in
a "DOS box" regardless of whether you're running a Cygwin shell.  So the 
output of "printf" goes to, by default, the "DOS box" that you're running the 
program from.



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