basic linux question..

[Anoop Bhat]

in addtion to mark's response

you also want to make sure it is executable.

you can make it executable by all by using 'chown 755 filename'

or read up on man chown.

also, you want to make sure its in your $PATH. 'echo $PATH' to see what 
its set to. Based on your shell, you can change it the path to 
incorporate the full path for that particular file in $PATH and then you 
will be able to just type

# filename

just like 'ping'.

-A

mark at onnow.net wrote:

> If it is a MS exe, then it probably will not run under linux.  If it is a linux
> binary then like this if you are in the same directory:
> ./program
> or supply full path to the binary
> /home/user/scripts/program
> 
> Mark
> 
> Quoting bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net>:
> 
> 
>>hi..
>>
>>i have a executable file in a dir on the hardrive...
>>
>>what do i have to do (what command) to allow me to simply type the name of
>>the executable from anywhere on the drive, and have the exe run...
>>
>>searching through google/redhat appears to give a few different ways...
>>
>>thanks...
>>
>>-bruce
>>
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