On Sun, 2006-02-26 at 22:53 +0000, Brendan Darrer wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem compiling and running a simple gcc programme. > > directory contains: > > a.exe main.cpp main.exe > > > I have greated main.exe using " gcc main.cpp -o main " > > I have tried typing " main " & " main.exe " > > error message - " bash: main.exe: command not found " > > What suggestions can you give to solve this. Sounds like you have a path problem. Are you running on UNIX or Windows? If you are on UNIX/Linux, then execute the following: ./main.exe You need to tell the system that command is located in the current directory. Thanks, Ernest > > Regards, > > Brendan Darrer > >