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After a c program is compiled it is stored in ./a.out.

Is there any way in which I can change the file to any name I want?

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  • Location or file name, which?
    – Tim
    Aug 19, 2015 at 20:01
  • the file name of the compiled program
    – Raghavendra Gautam
    Aug 19, 2015 at 20:03
  • What command do you run for it to be saved as ./a.out?
    – Tim
    Aug 19, 2015 at 20:04
  • gcc (the file name ).c
    – Raghavendra Gautam
    Aug 19, 2015 at 20:05

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Depends on the compiler. For the GCC family (gcc, g++, etc.), you can use the -o option. The following creates an executable name blah:

gcc foo.c -o blah
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    +1 clang and clang++ maintain this convention AFAIK
    – steeldriver
    Aug 19, 2015 at 20:32

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