c program doesn't output text in terminal

[sigler]

Hello,

I've just tried both ubuntu and fedora in VMWare (virtual pc), I've managed to make this little program

#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("Hello\n");
return 0;
}

I compile and link it like this

gcc -o test test.c

But when I run it (by typing test) in the terminal, nothing is displayed, and I get no error message.

However If I run it in the gdb debugger, the text is displayed.

Since I've tried this both in Ubuntu and Fedora with the same results, I'm thinking there must be something about linux that I don't know

thanks for any help,

--
Sigurd Lerstad

[wje_lf]

There is already a real live program called "test".

Go to a directory which does not contain your test program and say this at the command line:

which test

to see where that other program is. Then do this at the command line:

echo $PATH

to see the list of directories which bash will search for a program, and the order in which it searches them. I'm thinking that the directory

.

is near the end of that list.

Rename your program to something like test1 (at least in the compiled form; you can still name the source test.c if you like), and your problem should disappear.

Hope this helps.

[sigler]

There is already a real live program called "test".

Hope this helps.

Thanks, that helped

--
Sigurd Lerstad

[scm]

Hint: call your test programs "try".