super rooki needs help with g++

[CWZ]

Ok i to a c++ class a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time ago back around the turn of the cent. but i am wanting to get back into it via linux and i got g++ to not return any errors but it wont play it and i skimd the man g++ but i didn't see were it runs the file so... i need help how do i get GNU g++ to run the file???

[MadCow108]

by default it puts the result into a file named a.out, you run it with ./a.out (./ means current directory)
you can change that with the -o option

g++ file.cpp -o result

[CWZ]

Ok i am doing something wrong heres my term read out.


cw@cw:~/c++$ cd /
cw@cw:/$ ls
bin dev initrd.img lib32 media proc sbin sys var
boot etc initrd.img.old lib64 mnt root selinux tmp vmlinuz
cdrom home lib lost+found opt run srv usr vmlinuz.old
cw@cw:/$ cd home
cw@cw:/home$ ls
cw
cw@cw:/home$ cd /
cw@cw:/$ /home/cw/c++/a.out
bash: /home/cw/c++/a.out: No such file or directory
cw@cw:/$ home/cw/c++/a.out
bash: home/cw/c++/a.out: No such file or directory
cw@cw:/$ cd /home/cw/c++
cw@cw:~/c++$ a.out
a.out: command not found
cw@cw:~/c++$ g++ a.out
g++: error: a.out: No such file or directory
g++: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.
cw@cw:~/c++$ g++ m1st.cpp
cw@cw:~/c++$ ls
a.out m1st.cpp m1st.cpp~
cw@cw:~/c++$

What did i for get ????

[CWZ]

Ok got it now thx i wasnt in the directory when i tryed running thx thx thx