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

To execute a file in the current directory, the syntax to use is: ./foo

As mentioned by allain, ./a.exe is the correct way to execute a.exe in the working directory using Cygwin.

Note: You may wish to use the -o parameter to cc to specify your own output filename. An example of this would be: cc helloworld.c -o helloworld.exe.