Script started on Wed Sep  9 17:49:00 2026
Restored session: Wed Sep  2 18:44:47 EDT 2026
macbook:Desktop> cat q3
If you type "cd", by itself and press enter, what directory does it take you to?

macbook:Desktop> cd
macbook:~> pwd
/Users/mweeks
macbook:~> cd Desktop
macbook:Desktop> cd ~
macbook:~> pwd
/Users/mweeks
macbook:~> cd Desktop
macbook:Desktop> vi pun.c
macbook:Desktop> gcc pun.c 
macbook:Desktop> ls -l a.out
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mweeks  staff  33432 Sep  9 18:35 a.out
macbook:Desktop> ./a.out
To C, or not to C: that is the question.
macbook:Desktop> which cc
/usr/bin/cc
macbook:Desktop> ls -la /usr/bin/cc
-rwxr-xr-x  78 root  wheel  118864 Aug 16  2025 /usr/bin/cc
macbook:Desktop> cc pun.c
macbook:Desktop> ls -l a.out       
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mweeks  staff  33432 Sep  9 18:36 a.out
macbook:Desktop> ./a.out
To C, or not to C: that is the question.
macbook:Desktop> gcc pun.c -o pun
macbook:Desktop> ls -l pun
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mweeks  staff  33424 Sep  9 18:38 pun
macbook:Desktop> ./pun
To C, or not to C: that is the question.
macbook:Desktop> gcc -o pun pun.c 
macbook:Desktop> ls -l pun       
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mweeks  staff  33424 Sep  9 18:38 pun
macbook:Desktop> cp pun.c pun2.c
macbook:Desktop> echo $SHELL
/bin/zsh
macbook:Desktop> ls -l pun*.c          
-rw-r--r--  1 mweeks  staff  150 Sep  9 18:35 pun.c
-rw-r--r--  1 mweeks  staff  150 Sep  9 18:39 pun2.c
macbook:Desktop> echo this is going to be a problem
this is going to be a problem
macbook:Desktop> gcc -o pun2.c pun2.c 
macbook:Desktop> ls -l pun*.c         
-rw-r--r--  1 mweeks  staff    150 Sep  9 18:35 pun.c
-rwxr-xr-x  1 mweeks  staff  33432 Sep  9 18:40 pun2.c
macbook:Desktop> ./pun2.c
To C, or not to C: that is the question.
macbook:Desktop> exit 

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Script done on Wed Sep  9 18:45:05 2026




Here is what CC is on our server.

[mweeks@gsuad.gsu.edu@snowball ~]$ which cc
/usr/bin/cc
[mweeks@gsuad.gsu.edu@snowball ~]$ ls -l /usr/bin/cc
lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 3 Aug 17  2021 /usr/bin/cc -> gcc

This shows that "cc" is a link to gcc.