macOS Running C++ from Terminal

[gamestriker]

I started learning C++ a year ago, on a Unix machine, and I learned how to compile and run on a normal Unix console. I tried to pick up were I left off a year ago, but when I tried doing 'a.out' in Terminal to run the compiled program, it threw an error at me saying 'command not found'. Is there another way to run it off the Terminal?

I appreiciate the help.

 

[ChrisBrightwell]

try this:

./a.out

Notice the "./" before "a.out"

HTH.

 

[robbieduncan]

If you get bored of the ./ stuff then you need to add ./ to your PATH environment variable so the current directory will always be in the search path for executables. You can do this in your .profile, .cshrc or whatever.

 

[jeremy.king]

I assume gcc assigns the correct execute permissions to the binary? If not, make sure you chmod that puppy...

 

[ChrisBrightwell]

If you get bored of the ./ stuff then you need to add ./ to your PATH environment variable [...]

Bah. That's too easy.