why can't I access C files in my bin (PATH is set)?

['pooter]

I've put

export PATH=$PATH:etc

in my bashrc file, and when I type

echo $PATH

the bin shows up on the PATH. Yet when I try to use C files in the bin (source files or header files), it doesn't recognize them. What am I doing wrong?

[Dun'kalis]

You've got to compile the C first. Its just code now.

I prefer to keep all of my source well out of the path, since it keeps things clean and organized.

['pooter]

nope, tried that already--compiling inside the bin, so the executable is there, and then calling it outside. It didn't recognize that either.

[bwkaz]

#include <stdio.h>

int main()
{
printf("Hello world.\n");
return 0;
} $ gcc -o bin/hello src/hello.c

<compile messages, if any>

$ echo $PATH
<directories...>:/home/bilbo/bin
$ hello
Hello world.
$ Is that more or less what you're doing?

['pooter]

I am now! Thanks a bunch.

['pooter]

One more question: if I have calls to a bunch of functions in /src, is there an easier way to compile than listing them all out for the compiler?

[bwkaz]

Not really... you can do a gcc -o bin/hello src/*.c or something if you need, but that will compile everything in there...

[Whipping Boy]

You could always use "make".