On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 7:32 PM, fred smith <fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us> wrote: > > two things: > 1. there's already a program named test, which displays no output, > it merely has an exit status. And, in general, it is a poor idea showing little imagination to name a test program "test." > 2. for a program in your current directory, run it with a preceding "./", > e.g., "./test"--because "." is not in the path (and shouldn't be). I rather like having . in my path, and up front. However, programs should reflect something of their content. The Hello World program could much more recognizably (and future-referentially) named "hello." It's one of those mornings.... mhr