Thread: compiler gone haywire?!

ahh!!!
ok so here's the situation...
its a class, so the compiler is on a main computer in which we can write our programs (pico), compile, and turn in. no big deal.

i was writing a program, compiling, all was working well... until i disconnect from the server, log back on about an hour later to continue programming away....

NOW i get this message, everytime i try to compile ANYTHING, even previous programs i KNOW work PERFECTLY:

/usr/ccs/bin/ld: Can't create a.out
/usr/ccs/bin/ld: Text file busy
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

i thought the compiler may just have been dead or something, but my friend logged onto the computer, and he can compile anything just fine!

whats going on and how do i fix it?!

thanks, im sort of... aggravated... right now.

oh, and its a gcc compiler.

Originally Posted by Hammer

Your program is possibly still running?

To see if this is so:
>ps -ef | grep a.out

Then use kill to stop it.

*phew*
i knew nothing of these IDs, and their uses when it comes to killing a program...
but after some trial, fair amounts of error and guessing... i got it and learned.
awesome.
thanks.

check if a.out is created by ls a.out
unix is not my specialties you now but try it
if gcc doesnot work use the cc compiler and test for gcc compatibility problems