[SOLVED] FPC issue

[Tyracz]

Hello everyone,
I receive the following error message when i try to compile anything with Free Pascal Compiler:
Free Pascal Compiler version 2.6.0-6 [2012/10/05] for x86_64
Copyright (c) 1993-2011 by Florian Klaempfl and others
Target OS: Linux for x86-64
Compiling ulam.pas
Fatal: Can't open file "ulam.pas"
Fatal: Compilation aborted
Error: /usr/bin/ppcx64 returned an error exitcode (normal if you did not specify a source file to be compiled)

I tried to google the problem (surprisingly) but all i found was a solution that didnt help me (namely installing FCL, which i have already done). Any ideas what is causing the problem? I have ubuntu 12.10. Thx in advance!
PS. i hope this is the right place for this thread, wasnt sure whether i should post this in programming or here.

[atreyu]

Hello and welcome!

that doesn't seem like a problem with the compiler, but with the input file, and the compiler finding it, specifically. I assume ulam.pas is a text file containing the program code you wish to compile? If so, have you tried calling it using the absolute path, e.g.:

fpc ./ulam.pas

This assumes that ulam.pas is in your current working directory. Notice the "./" before the file name.

[Tyracz]

You were right actually, thank you. This is odd though, like 2 days before i would compile without changing directory and writing this detailed path. Thx for help man.

[atreyu]

This is odd though, like 2 days before i would compile without changing directory and writing this detailed path.

In that case, I would guess then that the file you were trying to compile was in a directory that was already in your PATH, if that is possible.

Anyway, glad you got it sorted. Will close this thread and mark as SOLVED for you.