Matt Smith wrote: > after typing g++ gedit_file.cc i get a filed name a.out in the same folder > that is locked. where do i go from here? thanks > > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 1:51 PM, Peter Langfelder < > peter.langfelder@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Matt Smith <smithm2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> using the gcc-c++ compiler can someone provide a simple 3 or 4 step >>> >> example >> >>> as to how i use the compiler (in the terminal) to compile a program i >>> >> wrote >> >>> and saved in a gedit file? thanks. >>> >>> >> g++ -o executable program.cc >> >> to execute: >> >> ./executable >> >> >> Peter >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Guidelines: >> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >> Hi Matt, You missed(/ignored?) part of the command that Peter gave you. The complete command is: g++ -o executable program.cc You use the -o option to tell it what to call the program file. Otherwise, you get a file "a.out", as you discovered. You could of course always rename the a.out file to what ever you like. Best of luck! -David C. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
