How do you solve the gcc download problem in Cygwin?

Question

I have downloaded Cygwin which is an Unix emulator. However when I type $gcc and press enter, it spits out "no input files" how can i correct for this?

Answer 1

You have at least verified that you have gcc installed with your Cygwin installation.  Now, change directories to a location where you have a C program file stored and, as the simplest example, execute the following command:

gcc -c file_name.c

an object file named file_name.o will be created.