On Sun, 2010-01-24 at 15:48 -0500, Matt Smith wrote: > after typing g++ gedit_file.cc i get a filed name a.out in the same > folder that is locked. where do i go from here? thanks You're missing the output filename: $ gcc source_filename.cc -o output_filename Where output_filename is name of the resulting executable. (Equivalent to .exe file in Windows/DOS) If you want to execute the resulting executable, type: $ ./output_filename If you want to be able to debug the resulting executable, try: (Quick and dirty solution) First, install DDD (simple but effective debugger): $ su -c 'yum install ddd' Compile the file with debug information. $ gcc source_filename.cc -ggdb3 -o output_filename Start the debugger. $ ddd ./output_filename - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines