How do I execute a file in Cygwin?

Question

How can I execute a.exe using the Cygwin shell?

I created a C file in Eclipse on Windows and then used Cygwin to navigate to the directory. I called gcc on

Answer 1

./a.exe at the prompt

Answer 2

When you start in Cygwin you are in the "/home/Administrator" zone, so put your a.exe file there.

Then at the prompt run:

cd a.exe

It will be read in by Cygwin and you will be asked to install it.

Answer 3

Thomas wrote:

Apparently, gcc doesn't behave like the one described in The C Programming language

It does in general. For your program to run on Windows it needs to end in .exe, "the C Programming language" was not written with Windows programmers in mind. As you've seen, cygwin emulates many, but not all, features of a POSIX environment.