Still gcc problems

I have further circumscribed the problem: "gcc cprogram.c -o cprogram.exe- v" creates the following output, i.e. it trys to run the following programs: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-cygwin/2.95.3-5/specs gcc version 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special) *** cpp0.exe *

GCC doesn't do anything, not even printing an error message !

Hi, I'm trying and trying but I can't figure out, what I'm making wrong. If I run gcc, e.g. "gcc hello.c -o hello" it doesn't print any messages, as if everything went fine, but it never produces an executable. If I give it a code full of errors, it doesn't even complain and it never prints an err