Newbie trying to compile code

limey_tank

Righty. I've had a small amount of experience with RedHat Linux. But I'm now running MacOS X,(which as fas as I am aware is effectivly BSD). I can compile code, but I can't run the output file (a.out). I've tried chmod, but no success.

It's simple C, just a small program to do a quick calculation.

Apple's IDE is overkill, and daunting.

Do I need to link it? How?

Thanks in advance
Barry
(I know this probobly exists on an FAQ somewhere but I've not found a solution)

Trojan

Need more info, can you show us output?

A quick Google didn't help much, but one long shot is to try "ld a.out" or whatever.

Al.

limey_tank

Not much output to look at. No warnings, no errors.

The code works fine (it's ANSI, with no silly bells and whistles) when compiled using Borland on my PC, but won't execute after compilation on the Mac.

Barry
(a man, not a toy)

Trojan

The only thing for it is to post some code snippets or the whole thing. Maybe it's something obvious.

Does MacOSX have the BSD libs?

Al.

limey_tank

I've since got Code Warrior. It's uses it's own pseudo-terminal, and has produced a lovely altivec optimised executable with minimum hassle.

Thanks, and consider this thread redundant.

Barry
(now leading a slightly easier life)
(this is not an ad for either Metroworks or Apple)
:-)