Bill, Thanks for your interest. The error I receive from the bash shell is that it does not recognize the command or something to that effect. I do not have the system in front of me at this time so can't be more specific. Ron Bill McEnaney wrote: > > What, if any, error message do you get when you try to run the "hello" > program? > > Bill > >> >> I am a newbie to both Linux and C programming in Linux. >> My gcc compiler produces the file hello* after executing the command: >> gcc -Wall hello.c -o hello >> Bash will not execute this program. >> >> Thanks again in advance. >> -- >> View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/debian-gcc-produces-hello*-tf3919460.html#a11113530 >> Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> > > ________________________________________________________________ > Please visit a saintly hero: > http://www.jakemoore.org > > And a boy with a wonderful wish: > http://shaneswish.com/ > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/debian-gcc-produces-hello*-tf3919460.html#a11113661 Sent from the gcc - Help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.