My first step

[Helmut Keinert]

I like to learn programming in C. Since I use SuSE-Linux 9.0 I read the 
book "C-Programmierung unter Linux" from SuSE-Press which seemed to me 
a good introduction in C. 
Already the first programms won't be compiled (with command: "gcc -o 
filename filename.c" as advised in the book). I get a file which shows 
(in kde) the icon for executeable but doesn't start. If I use the 
command "cc -o ..." I get an empty textfile and think, that the 
executable file is also empty. To be sure I have no errors in 
programmcode I tried it with the code from SuSE internetsite too, with 
the same result.
>From SuSE I didn't get any help up to now, so I try it this way. Can you 
tell me what is wrong in my doing?
Thanks in advance.
Helmut