Why does Visual Studio Code gives me gcc.exe: error : No such file or directory?

Question

I just started programming in VS code (earlier used to code in Dev C) and I encountered with a strange error. Let me explain what happens. I create a new file with C extension. Write my program. Run it. It works. Then I save it. Close VS Code. Opens the program from the place where it's saved. VS Code opens up and I try to run it, I come across this error.

PS C:\Users\Malay\AppData\Local\Temp> cd "e:\C Data base\" ; if ($?) { gcc day 8 hw3.c -o day 8 hw3 } ; if ($?) { .\day 8 hw3 }
gcc.exe: error: day: No such file or directory
gcc.exe: error: 8: No such file or directory
gcc.exe: error: hw3.c: No such file or directory
gcc.exe: error: 8: No such file or directory
gcc.exe: error: hw3: No such file or directory
gcc.exe: fatal error: no input files
compilation terminated.

How to solve it?

That compilation command is all kinds of wrong. How did you generate that? If you have spaces in your filename you should remove them — UnholySheep, Jul 23 '21 at 16:47
Whenever I try to run a saved program in VS code. I encounter this error. — Arkapriya Gupta, Jul 24 '21 at 10:18
Thanks UnholySheep. Removing the spaces from the filename solved the problem. — Arkapriya Gupta, Jul 24 '21 at 11:06
You need to quote file names with spaces in them. This is a simple beginner FAQ. — tripleee, Feb 01 '22 at 07:24

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '21 at 11:07

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Just remove the spaces from the filename. That'll do the work.

answered Jul 24 '21 at 11:07

Arkapriya Gupta

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Why does Visual Studio Code gives me gcc.exe: error : No such file or directory?

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