>> maybe your "birdc" is a shell alias or a shell script, which calls the >> actual binary, but passes only the first two arguments. >> Try "alias", "which birdc" and "file $(which birdc)" > > which birdc > /usr/sbin//birdc > > ls -l /usr/sbin//birdc > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 May 12 2010 /usr/sbin//birdc -> > birdc_1.2.2_lenny_unstripped > > file /usr/sbin/birdc_1.2.2_lenny_unstripped > /usr/sbin/birdc_1.2.2_lenny_unstripped: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, > x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for > GNU/Linux 2.6.8, not stripped
I was wrong, sorry. -- Martin Volf