simple question

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Aug  8, 2000, RPathiyal@aol.com wrote:

> i then typed gcc hello.c at the linux prompt and the computer paused
> for a second and then another linux prompt came up.  my question is,
> does this mean that the file compiled properly?

Yep

> also, is there any way for me to see the output (eg. see "Hello
> World" printed to the screen)?

Sure, just run the program.  It's called `a.out' if you don't use the
`-o' flag.

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