Hallo, Can you help please. I am a complete novice attempting to run the MinGW Fortran Compiler. I have downloaded and installed the software on my laptop (Windows 10). I have set the environment variables to set up the Path as instructed. ;C\MinGW\bin;%PATH% I have subsequently set the command point to C:\MinGW\bin then gfortran -help, I got the full range of data and later gfortran -v and got the software version as 6.3.0. I have the copied the "halloworld" file from your document and tried to load it but after an enormous number of attempts over many days I have failed. My problem is I am not proficient in the range of computer science and my reason for getting the compiler is to run a scientific program which was written in Fortran 77. I have accessed the GNU Manual on the internet, but this is too advanced for me. I feel my difficulty is a very basic mistake I am making. I have loaded the MinGW folder direct on my "c" drive, I have loaded my "halloworld" piece of software in a "programs" folder which is a folder within the MinGW folder. I have accessed the cmd and loaded cd C:\>, then cd C:\MinGW\programs> but at this point when I type gfortran hallo.for -o hallo.exe I just get fatal error at gfortran or error at gfortran no such file or directory. Can you help me please I feel sure I am making a stupid elementary mistake. Best regards Frank Shed
