Why won't my files link?

[Nick Miller]

Hey!!!  Thank you both for your quick responses!  To clear things up, let
me say this... all of my files are in the same directory.  This directory
is...

c:/cygwin/home/Owner/

So, then when I want to run an executable that is in that directory, I
have to use the "./" prefix to run an executable that has been created.
Elfyn already addressed that though, so I should be able to change my path
variable and make it so that I do not have to append the "./" prefix for
the executables.  Executable meaning using the ".exe" suffix.  All of the
header files and C files are in the same directory, as I said.  I will try
the stuff that Elfyn suggested and get back to you.  I cannot fully
compile all of the files on their own... I mean... I can do "gcc -c
filename.c", and that works fine for all files that I am talking about.
However, I am assuming that full compilation into ".o" files will not work
because some of the files are not meant to stand alone.  I hope this is
not confusing!

Nick





On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Max Bowsher wrote:

> Elfyn McBratney wrote:
> >> So I am new to Cygwin, but I am enjoying it so far.
> >
> > Kewl! :::::::-)
> >
> >> I am having a
> >> problem, though, please respond if you can... I have three C files
> >> (all ending in .c), and I can compile them with GCC by using the -c
> >> switch. Then, I want to link all three of the object files that I
> >> have created (ending in .o) and make an executable which uses all
> >> three.  My file called main.c has two include lines, which says to
> >> include "io_functions.h" and "fun.h".  Then I am using this line to
> >> link everything and make the executable...
> >
> > Right. To all of the files you are tryin to compile (the *.c files
> > and the
> > *.h files) reside in the same directory? If so you should be using a
> > command similar to
> >
> > $ gcc -I.-c fun.c
>
> Missing space between '-I.' and '-c'. Why would you want to use -I. ?
>
> #include "file" searches there anyway.
>
> > You might try compiling each file (into an executable) before,
> > in-case there are errors, so you'll have peace of mind that they'll
> > actually compile.
>
> Do you mean (into an object) ?
>
>
> Max.
>
>


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