Here's a practical example of writing, compiling and executing a piece of C code on a Debian system:
/tmp/myhello.c ============== #include <stdio.h> int main() { printf("Hello world!\n"); return 0; } Comiling and running ==================== /tmp$ gcc -o myhello myhello.c /tmp$ ./myhello Hello world! /tmp$ If that doesn't work, let me know. The gcc program has many options, which you can find out about using the info reader. Julian =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Julian Gilbey Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary & Westfield College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, ENGLAND -*- Finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for my PGP public key. -*-