Hello everyone again. I have figured it all out and know it to a science. Everything that was stated by maacruz was accurate and on the mark. And as well as by lma and jmart. The problem was simple and of course I did the DOOH! The answer was simply this. When writing the code in a simple text editor. I recommend vi or vim for this. You need to save the file with a " .c " extension NOT as a standard text file. Or you will sit at your machine and wonder why the hell isn't this working. PLEASE make sure and do this to avoid such anguish and disgust. And as always THANX BIG TIME for all of your assistance and support. For now I have accomplished a herculean task. ANd now I can go gang busters on the C studies and master it. And then come back and offer advice to whomever needs it from time to time.