--- rmodesi <rmodesi@xxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. Did you try running the program like this: ./hello your path may not include the local directory by default. Ivan --------------------- Ivan Novick http://www.0x4849.net