Compiling to an exe with mingw...

[Blackroot]

I'm confused as to how you make an exe using mingw / MYSY. Anytime I try

make C:\\test.cpp

In mysys, it says:

make: Nothing to be done for `C:\Test.cpp'.

And when I try G++ C:\\Test.cpp it waits a second, then just creates another line, it doesnt say anything, or do anything. I'm very confused .

[Salem]

make processes makefiles, not source code files.

> And when I try G++ C:\\Test.cpp it waits a second,
Yep, that's the thing to do.
Look in the directory, you should see test.exe, which is the program just compiled and linked.

Unlike some other chatty compilers which like to print out all sorts of guff, gcc only speaks when there is something worth saying (like an error message). If the program is good, then it compiles in silence.

[Blackroot]

There is no test.exe in the c drive or the bin :/.

[Salem]

g++ c:\test.cpp
?
The command line doesn't need \\ escapes.

[Blackroot]

When I try
g++ C:\test.cpp

I get:

$ g++ C:\test.cpp
g++.exe: C:test.cpp: No such file or directory
g++.exe: no input files

It only works with \\

[Salem]

OIC, the MSYS SHELL
Try with forward slashes then

Or check your directory to see where your source file is.

Typically, output from the compiler is placed in the current directory, not the directory where the source code is.
gcc ../prog.c
places a.exe in my current dir

[Blackroot]

Ahhhh! I didint realize the program would be named a.exe, that was my problem lol. Thanks salem .

[Ken Fitlike]

You can use the -o switch to name the output file to whatever you wish, eg

g++ -o test.exe test.cpp