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C#

treehouse:~/workspace$ Program.exe: command not found

// Receiving error when I run the following code:

class Program // all code is contained in class { static void Main() { System.Console.Write("How many minutes have you exercised?"); } }

/* Response is:

Compilation failed: 1 error(s), 0 warnings
treehouse:~/workspace$ mcs Program.cs
treehouse:~/workspace$ ls
Program.cs Program.exe
treehouse:~/workspace$ Program.exe
bash: Program.exe: command not found */

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
241,970 Points

Programs compiled using "mcs" should be executed using the "mono" runtime system. Try this:

treehouse:~/workspace$ mono Program.exe

Thanks -- I thought mono was for Linux/Mac