BASH question -Reply

[Alan Griffiths <alan dot griffiths at experian dot com>]

>>> "Pytel, Diane" <diane.pytel@lmco.com> 11/September/2000 02:55pm
>>>
>
>Help!
>I'm a first time user of cygwin stuff and trying to install it on a PC
>with
>Windows 95 OS.  When I try to run a small C program I keep getting the
>message:
>BASH.EXE: a.exe: cmd not found.  Details of installation are below
>
>I wrote a small C program from class and got an a.exe file.  I guess I
>don't understand 2 things:
>1)  why I'm getting a .exe file from gcc.  This means I'm operating in
>DOS.  I thought choosing UNIX would override that but I guess I'm too
>dumb about dos and such.

Historically, that was the default and changes break things so it doesnt
change.

>2)  why I'm getting the error msg BASH.EXE: a.exe: cmd not found

Because, by default, the current directory isn't searched.  try:

    $./a.exe



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