diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
index f72e747..6313800 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./configure
     - name: make
       run: make
+    - name: make a test file
+      run: echo "test file" >> test.txt
+    - name: test the executable
+      run: ./fileinfo test.txt