On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 08:21:04AM -0600, Mike Badar wrote: > Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@xxxxxxxxxxx; run by ezmlm > Precedence: bulk > List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:gcc-help-unsubscribe-O.Kullmann=swansea.ac.uk@xxxxxxxxxxx> > List-Archive: <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-help/> > List-Post: <mailto:gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> > List-Help: <mailto:gcc-help-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Delivered-To: mailing list gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx > From: Mike Badar <mbadar@xxxxxxxx> > To: "'gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx'" <gcc-help@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 08:21:04 -0600 > X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: gcc-help-return-13408-O.Kullmann=swansea.ac.uk@xxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Help for a novice > X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.5 > tests=none > version=2.55 > X-Spam-Level: > X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) > X-SA-Exim-Version: 3.0 (built Sat May 17 23:48:01 PDT 2003) > X-UIDL: U2G"!PFm"!bQK"!7N@"! > > I recently installed gcc version 3.3 on Redhat 7.3 kernel 2.4.18-3. I am > taking an introductory c++ class this fall and I wanted to get a head start > on compiling my c++ programs. I compiled my program (without error) with > the following command: > > g++ first.cpp > > It produced a file called a.out. Is this the object file? How do I convert > this file into an executable file? Is linking the process used to create an > executable from an object file? > > Forgive my ignorance surrounding this question. Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > Mike Badar > ESRI-Denver > One International Ct. > Broomfield, CO 80021-3200 > 303-449-7779 > mbadar@xxxxxxxx > www.esri.com > Hi, a.out is the executable. If you do not use the compiler option "-c", then no object files are created, but only the executable. Just run it with ./a.out Oliver
