n Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 01:46:48PM +0000, Colin Watson wrote: > Marcelo Chiapparini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I've just compiled a FORTRAN program but I am unable to run the > >executable, because "bash: qhdiv0.e: command not found". I think > >this is because the present directory it is not in the PATH. > > Just so you know why this is considered a bad idea: you might be in > /tmp, say, and want to see the contents of the directory, so you type > 'ls'. What if some other user has created an executable in /tmp/ls? This > sort of thing is why people will advise you just to get used to typing > './qhdiv0.e' instead. >
I would like to thanks to all the people who taught me about this. I will follow the healthy way and use ./ instead of modify the PATH. Thanks again, ___________________ Marcelo Chiapparini DFT-IF/UERJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
