On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 8:51 AM, ken j wrote: > That was it - using g++ as the compiler and changing the file name to .cpp > The executable file was placed in my cygwin/home/username folder. Do I have > to specify that folder in the set path variable for Cygwin to see it? I'm > not entirely clear on this issue.
You can always specify the path to an executable, in which case its directory doesn't have to be in your $PATH. If you've just compiled it, it's probably in the same directory you're in, and you can just do ./name to run it. If what you've created is a useful program that you want to keep around and be able to run as a command without specifying the path every time, then the thing to do is move it into a directory that's in your $PATH. Many people have a "bin" directory in their home directory for adding their own commands to the system, and put "$HOME/bin" in the front of their $PATH. -- Mark J. Reed <markjr...@gmail.com> -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
