go build doesn't make executable file

[Boris]

I have these files and directories (names changed to obfuscate):

src/

  agent/

     mysql/mysql-agent.go

  client/

     client.go

When I cd to src/ and say "go build agent/mysql/mysql-agent.go" I get mysql-agent executable. When I say "go build client/client.go" I get nothing. I assume this is because it would try to create executable named "client" which is existing directory. But when I cd to client/ and say "go build client.go" I still get nothing. And when I stay in src/ and say "go build -o client-executable client/client.go" I still get nothing. In all cases "go build" outputs nothing and exit status is 0.

Do I do something wrong?

[Boris]

I found the problem. When I say "go run client/client.go" I get

go run: cannot run non-main package

I did not have "package main" in that file :-) Sorry for the noise.

[Dustin Sallings]

Boris <boris.s...@gmail.com> writes:

> When I cd to src/ and say "go build agent/mysql/mysql-agent.go" I get
> mysql-agent executable. When I say "go build client/client.go" I get
> nothing. I assume this is because it would try to create executable
> named "client" which is existing directory. But when I cd to client/
> and say "go build client.go" I still get nothing. And when I stay in
> src/ and say "go build -o client-executable client/client.go" I still
> get nothing. In all cases "go build" outputs nothing and exit status
> is 0.

What package is client?

--
dustin

[Boris Solovyov]

yes, that was the problem, it was not package main. Fixed :-)