first program

[Lokesh Setia]

>>>>> "Will" == Will Elmes <welmes@ptd.net> writes:

    Will> this is my first attempt at compiling and running a program
    Will> under linux.  this doesn't make sense but when i attempt to
    Will> run it absolutely nothing happens.

    Will> #include <iostream.h> int main(void) { cout << "hello!!"; }

    Will> then to compile: $g++ -Wall -c hello.cpp

    Will> then to link(i think i need to do this?>?): $g++ hello.o -o
    Will> hello

    Will> then to execute: $hello

    Will> i get nothing.....any help for a newbie would be
    Will> appreciated.

A random advice:

Do you get nothing or do you get an error saying:
hello: command not found

In case you get the error, try running ./hello instead of hello,
it helps sometimes :-)

Regards,
Lokesh.

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