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Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion

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On 4/21/2015 12:01 PM, John Gordon wrote:
> In <9f1b89ff-cf47-4e01-b137-ba263e9e75f1@googlegroups.com> Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Hello!
> 
>> Different resources advice different commands to compile a file:
> 
>> 1) gcc sample.c sample
> 
> This tells gcc to compile the files "sample.c" and "sample".
> 
>> 2) gcc sample.c -o sample
> 
> This tells gcc to compile the file "sample.c" and create an output file
> named "sample" instead of the default name.
> 
>> 3) gcc -o sample.c
> 
> This command is an error, because you haven't specified any files
> to compile.
> 
>> What does -o stand for? 
> 
> It tells gcc to use a specific output filename instead of the default
> name.
> 
> These are very basic questions; I suggest you do a web search for a gcc
> tutorial.
> 
and, once you have consulted such tutorials, gcc-help mail list is the
place to ask questions specific to gcc.

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Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 08:18 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Alla _ <modelling.data@gmail.com> - 2015-04-21 08:25 -0700
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Morris Dovey <mrdovey@iedu.com> - 2015-04-21 10:56 -0500
      Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-22 09:35 +0200
        Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-22 11:15 -0400
          Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2015-04-23 01:31 +0200
        Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 08:43 -0700
          Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-22 18:57 +0100
            Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-22 11:35 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2015-04-21 12:01 -0400
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion John Gordon <gordon@panix.com> - 2015-04-21 16:01 +0000
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Tim Prince <tprince@computer.org> - 2015-04-21 13:11 -0400
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-21 12:09 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Bartc <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-04-21 18:25 +0100
    Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-21 12:11 -0700
  Re: Fist steps in compiling, gcc commands confusion Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2015-04-21 11:16 -0700

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