Why Does My Command Prompt Say Root is Not a Valid Win32 File When Compiling C?

[captain]

i am trying to basic c programming. i have written a simple c program and i am using root as the complier but when i type in root in the command prompt it says that root is not a valid win 32 file. I don't know how to get around this.

 

[robphy]

Can you clarify what you are doing?
How did you write the c-program? How did you compile it? How are you trying to run your compiled program?

Can you provide a copy-paste or screencapture of your command window?

 

[chroot]

I've never heard of a C compiler called "root."

- Warren