On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 12:39:57AM +0500, Muhammad Humayun Khan wrote: > > Hi > i am new to linux i am using debain > i write a program in c++ using vi. > named new1.cc > then i log in as root and and run root/usr:/g++ -o new1 new1.cc > it compiles and made "new1" but i try to run this file by writing . > root/usr:/new1 > it show this msg > bash:new1: command not found. > tell me what i have to do. > Thanks > Khan.
Type "./new1" Basically, you are trying to execute a program in your PATH, and new1 is not. So you have to execute it by the full PATH (adding "./" in front of it tells it to look in the current directory). Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'