I have installed g++ on my Linux machine but I can’t run programs from the VS code Run menu. It says it can’t find a.out. I tried to hard-wire the location of the executable as follows (tasks.json and launch.json)

    "tasks": [
        {
            "type": "cppbuild",
            "label": "C/C++: gcc build active file",
            "command": "/usr/bin/g++ $file -o /home/anna-naden/a.out",
            "problemMatcher": [
                "$gcc"
            ],
            "group": {
                "kind": "build",
                "isDefault": true
            },
            "detail": "Task generated by Debugger."
        }
    ],
    "version": "2.0.0"
}

{
  "version": "0.2.0",
  "configurations": [
    {
      "name": "C/C++ Runner: Debug Session",
      "type": "cppdbg",
      "request": "launch",
      "args": [],
      "stopAtEntry": false,
      "externalConsole": false,
      "cwd": "/home/anna-naden/DELS/cpp-parquet",
      "program": "/home/anna-naden/a.out",
      "MIMode": "gdb",
      "miDebuggerPath": "gdb",
      "setupCommands": [
        {
          "description": "Enable pretty-printing for gdb",
          "text": "-enable-pretty-printing",
          "ignoreFailures": true
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Is the task type correct? Does it matter? Why doesn’t it place the executable where I am trying to put it? Is there any documentation for what I am trying to do?