Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 4956
executable file produced by g77 doesn't execute
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:51 EDT
Hello, I custom installed version 6.0 Linux and installed all packages from the installation CD (selected "everything"). I wrote a test program for g77 which was suppose to print a string to the terminal monitor. I ran the command "g77 test.f (return)" and the file a.out was created. I typed "a.out (return)" to execute and got the error message "a.out: command not found". I tried the command "g77 -o test test.f (return)" and the file 'test' was created. When I typed "test (return)" to execute the program, no error message appeared, but neither did the test string so it appears the file didn't execute. Can you figure out what's wrong? Thanks, Frank.
Current dir is not in the path - and should not be. Try "./a.out" to run your "a.out" example. The "test" example behave differently because "test" is a bash builtin (try "help test").
Thanks for letting us know. Frank Gaitan writes: I figured out what the problem was regarding bug #4956. My path wasn't set up to have the shell look in the working directory for executable files. Also naming the executable file "test" didn't help things any because there is a Linux utility named "test"! I fixed my path, and renamed the executable file, and g77 is working fine now. There was no problem with the installation of egcs-g77 after all (i.e. no real bug after all).