Error message
Sat, 2012-06-09 15:03
First, I have to say that I am totally new to this so please have patience with me when I ask what might seem like stupid questions. I downloaded MinGW and followed the turtorial on how to change the path. When I typed in gcc I got the following error message:
falta error: no input files
Compilation terminated
I saw where someone else was having the same problem and the following solution was suggested:
save you programm in .c file, go to that directory(where you saved file) from console (use "cd" command) and call gcc with your file as a parameter
I'm not sure exactly what this means...can someone explain this in terms that's easier for a beginner to understand?
Wed, 2012-06-27 16:38
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Take a look at this thread:
http://www.wibit.net/forums/courses/programming_c/problem_gcc
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The error occured because you didn't input any files to compile. It's nothing big. The compiler works, it's just you didn't specify a .c file to convert to a .exe.
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To compile a program (assuming you have a Windows computer):
1. Write a program in C and save it as "example.c"
2. Save it anywhere you please. To test the compiler, I recommend the desktop.
3. In Command Prompt, type in "cd <INSERT DIRECTORY HERE>" (i.e. cd desktop)
4. You will then be inside that directory.
5. Then, type "gcc example.c -o example.exe"
6. If no errors occured, nothing should happen and you should be pushed onto a new line.
7. To see if it compiled correctly, type in the filename.exe (i.e. example.exe)
8. If it compiled right, it should run.
Hope that helped. (: